Beautiful Fountains in and around Kansas City

Yesterday we took off to down town Kansas City to see the many fountains in and around the City! At Union Station Karen picked up a brochure that had 28 fountains listed! We didn't make it all of them!! That is for another Day!!! I have wonderful pictures of Union Station I want to share with you later. We had a fun day!! Kansas City has more or as many fountains as Rome!!
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This is a fountain in down town Kansas City
One of the first fountain located down town Kansas City

You can see Liberty Memorial when you come out of Union Station. It is a Memorial to World War I veterans I think it is the only Memorial to WWI anywhere

The Fountain you see when coming out of Union Station

At the Plaza

This is our most famous fountain at the Plaza! In fact while we were driving by they were holding a wedding!

This is Neptune a fountain on the Plaza

A Lady playing the harp on the street as people pass by. Kelly is taking most of these picture from her car!

Not a fountain but beautiful hanging baskets that were all over the Country Club Plaza

Over looking Swope Park this is where the Kansas City Zoo is and Star Light Theater and many other Kansas City attractions

This is a sea horse and a with a little boy riding the sea horse at Myer Blvd and Ward Parkway

Another fountain overlooking Swope Park

Overlooking Swope Park

Good Morning On Thursday!

Good Morning

Here it is Thursday morning! We have had stormy weather for several days! It is sultry and warm today.

My nurse was suppose to come this morning but so far she hasn't made it. She is watching my blood pressure and blood sugars very closely! This is a good!

Nancy had a Pulmonary Function Test on Monday. She hates these so I didn't tell her until almost time to go so she would not worry about it over the weekend! She said, " I hate this!!" She was able to do all of them but one.

She saw her phyciatrist on Tuesday and he prescribed a new medicine for her. It will help her not to get stuck on one thing and unable to move on.

This would be great if it works.

We stopped at Culver's on Tuesday! No butter burgers this time but we did have ice cream! Oh my goodness they know how to make the best ice cream treats!!

Friday and we will BBQ

Hello

Hello on Friday afternoon! Kelly worked this morning but she drove the riding mower over to Karen's house to get her lawn mowed. We priced little trailers that you can drive your riding lawn mower up on to and hook up to your car or truck. Who would know how expensive these small ones cost!!! Eye opener for this Grandma!!!! So Kelly drives the mower over to Karen's!!

I think Kelly said we will grill out at Karen's this evening. Sounds good to me!! and the best thing is I HAVE my own computer and I don't have to post from Karen's house!! She doesn't mind at all, but is is easier from your own computer and home!!

The nurse was here on Wednesday but she wanted to check my blood pressure this morning so she stopped by for a few minutes. It was a little high 180/80. But after she left and I put my medicine away I discovered I had forgotten to take my meds last night at bedtime! oops!!

I better watch this closer! I am so careful with Nancy's meds!

Well, I hear a lawn mower driving in the drive way so Kelly is home and will be thirsty hot and tired!

I haven't updated about the weight lost for a long time. Karen has now lost 132 pounds!! Kelly

has lost 72 pounds and when my missionary daughter saw Karen's picture she was blown away with her success and gave up gluten and sugar and in two months has lost 32 pounds!

I lost between 15 or 17 pounds depending on who's scales I am on..... I like Kelly's the best! LOL! Hers are right and agree with our Dr's!

Good News!!

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While I was at the Doctor's on Monday I had some good news!! The biopsy report was back and I didn't have any cancer! Praise God!! This was a relief for all my family!!

I was sick on Monday,I felt like I would be sick to my stomach all day. The Doctor gave me a shot for this and I began to feel better by evening.

Yesterday I was able to get a new perm! That will make you feel better right away!! It is really short but it will grow fast!!

Today I had a nice surprise!! Mary over at Mary's Writing Nook called me and visited for a while and she always lifts up my spirits with her good humor. She has two grandsons with autism and I have a special needs daughter who will be 47 this month. She really does understand what it like to take care of some one with special needs.Mary has been under the weather yesterday and today also.

It is a beautiful day today the trees leaves are a beautiful dark green and look so lush and full!! The sky is a pretty blue! I don't have on the AC today it is so nice!!

Saturday Night

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Happy Birthday!!

Here it is Saturday Night and I should do a post. I was able to get out and visit a few post today. I am feeling better. I go see the Dr next week for a follow up from the hospital. My blood pressure has been pretty good......some days almost normal and once in while high. My Doctor has a nurse coming to the house once a week to check my vitals and etc! I will be fine!!

Yesterday was my oldest daughter Carrie's Birthday! I didn't get an icon up on here but I did talk to her twice!!

It is also my great grandson Marcello's very first Birthday yesterday too!! They had a party at Carrie's house for them both!! When I called they were singing Happy Birthday to little Marcello and he was grabbing cake and icing! Little Kevin who will be 2 in June was trying to get the cake! and my daring little great grand daughter Valerie was saying when is it my Birthday!!!! She will be 4 in August.

Home Sweet Home!!

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I am back home from the hospital! I came home on Friday, after being there for a almost a week!! I am so happy to be home!!

My blood pressure went nuts, and went so high. The Dr's got it under control with two new medicines. While I was in the hospital my Dr scheduled me for a colonoscopy and a upper GI. Wow! Getting ready for for of these is something else!!

I had 5 little polyps and one has been sent off for a biopsy. I had my ulcers fixed too! Which I didn't even know I had!!I knew my stomach had some pain but didn't even think of it being that.

While I was getting ready for the upper and lower GI my blood sugar fell to the 40's twice and that was a mess. I really don't remember a lot about that day I was so sick. One of my dear friends was visiting,and she said I was so out of it I went to sleep while she was talking to me! That was a first! I usually talk her leg off!! She knew I was sick, when I wasn't talking!!

I want to Thank you all for your many prayers for me. This was a real blessing. Thanks to my Bible study group too!! Joan, the teacher reads my blog I sure want her to know how much I appreciate all the prayers. My son's church prayed and my daughter in Mexico had all her ladies groups and church praying too!! Kelly put it on her facebook and tons of people at church came up to the girls yesterday and wanted to know how things were going! I stayed home and slept!!

It is a blessing to have friends who care and pray! Thanks for all the kind comments you all left for me,too!! I read them and had tears in my eyes reading them!

Still in the hospital

Hi all,
Grams is still in the hospital, but in stable condition. Her blood pressure is down. She is still tired, but that may be from just being in the hospital. She says, "once you get to sleep they come in and wake you up for this or that." She has been seen by a few different "ologists" and everything has come back negative. That's a blessing. She has a couple more tests tomorow. We still don't know what has been causing the high blood pressure. Looks like she should be out of the hospital by the end of the week. Thank you all so much for your prayers.
-Kelly

grams is in the hospital....high blood pressure..cant get my phone t let me put any thing below the title. please pray. will update blog latr tonite

Friday and I posting at home!!!!

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Hi on Friday and I am not over at Karen's house using her computer!! What a blessing to be able to post from your own computer in your own home!! I am so Thankful to have my own computer!! So thanks to Karen for letting use her computer while our was out, when ever I needed it!

It was a perfect day yesterday weather wise. So beautiful! The day before yesterday was so stormy with tornado's up in in North East Missouri. Today we are to have stormy weather again for this afternoon.

Since I began this post we are now under a tornado watch. This is just plain old spring weather for Missouri!! I am able to go down stairs with Nancy's help to be in the basement!

I better go study my lesson and do my homework for Monday Bible study!

Busy Tuesday!!

It has been a busy Day!! We took Nancy to see her rheumatologist today. She is doing so much better! Praise God! We stopped at Culver's for lunch, no ice cream today! Then stopped and made an appointment for her to have a breathing test,to the bank,Kelly had an appointment for a hair cut so we stopped with her. Then on down to Blue Springs to Pay Less for Nancy's new shoes!We stopped at the gas station and got some gasoline which has gone up to 2.05 a gallon! On to home and Kelly stopped at the grocery store, another stop, then to the post office to pick up the mail!! It was almost 3:00 before we drove in to our drive way!!
I am really tired tonight.
Kelly is working all day tomorrow so no leaving home tomorrow. I can do some visiting!! Thanks for all your visits!!!!
It is so nice to have a computer again!!!

Praise God!! I have a New Computer!!!!

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Hello Hello Hello!!

I have a brand new computer! I am so thrilled!!! Now I can go out and visit with you all again!!!

We went to church this morning and out to eat then to Best Buy!!

Yesterday we went down to my Grand daughters for her 24Th Birthday Party which turned out to be an engagement Party! Congrats to Sarah and Kyle!! They are so cute together!!

OK I am going to visit a few blogs! It might take all week but I will get there!!!

Grilling out again!

Here it is Friday evening and we are grilling out over at Karen's house! It is chicken tonight.

I haven't told you all that Kelly was in a 4 mile run a couple of weeks ago.It is called the Trolley run. She did pretty good. It is at the Country Club Plaza with 7000 runners!! It was early morning and she was able to get the run in and get over to church for second service.She practiced Volley Ball in the afternoon! She was really tired by night time!!

I am sure enjoying the Bible study in Esther! What a blessing this turned out to be for all of us!!

Garage Sales

Here I am again over at Karen's house on a Friday evening!
I told you all that I wasn't going to the garage sales last Saturday. Karen came by for Nancy and me on Saturday morning. We went to a few sales and she stopped and got us some food and away we went again. My friend Cinda, was having a sale at her folks home. Her parents passed a aways a few years ago. Cinda gave Nancy some nice Christmas decorations and some Precious Moments figurines. She gave me some too that belong to her Mother. I treasure these
Cinda's Mom was one of my dear friend.
We stopped again at a church bake sale and Nancy was just buzzing! She had a hamburger and I had a hot dog! I don't think I am suppose to have them. I have lost 18 pounds!
On to some more sales and then stopped at a friends sale who I went to school with, back in the fifty's. They were having a bake sale with the VFW. Karen got us cookies there! When we got home, Kelly was home for lunch, she had to work Saturday! When she heard all the places we had stopped to get goodies at she just cracked up!!
You all didn't go to garage sales you went to all the bake sales!!! Well it just made Nancy so happy!!

I am sure praying Psalms 91 over my family in Mexico! My daughter, son-in law, 3 grandsons, two grand daughter in laws, and 4 great-grand children live down there. Karen had an E-mail from my grand-daughter and there is no hand sanitizer to be found any where.

I am sure hoping some time this month I get a computer!!!

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!!!

Happy New Year!!

This is what I have been doing for the past week! Resting! This is a cute icon that Denise sent me a while back.Thank you!

I got my splint off last Wednesday and the Dr. said He wasn't putting a cast on it because my fingers were starting to freeze and not bend and they would end up like sticks if he did. I have had to soak my hand 2 or 3 times a day to keep it pliable. I just have to be careful not to knock my hand against anything!

I still have a goose egg on my hand but not so big now.

Thank you for your wonderful comments and well wishes for me and your precious comments for Kelly! She felt so bad about this!! But it was just one of those freaky things that happens!!

When I signed in tonight I see where Mary over at Mary's Writing Nook has been really sick. I am sorry to hear this I have to get all caught up again and see how all of you are getting along!

This week I go and see about the stents in my kidneys and how all that is doing.

Thanks again for all your wonderful prayers for me and my family!! I appreicate you all!!

I want to wish you all a very Blessed New Year!!!

Merry Christmas??? Even with what happened!

Yes, my hand is in a splint!! On Christmas Eve we were over at Gramps house. We had opened gifts and visited for a while. It was time to leave and I said"Kelly give me a hand and help me up. She has helped me up a million time before!!! She reached down and took my hand between my little finger and the palm of my hand and pulled! I said Kelly, that hurt!! When we got out and into the truck I looked down at my hand and there was a goose egg bigger then a lemon almost the size of a orange!!!

Karen said, "You are going to the ER"! They took ex-rays and I have a hair line fracture in my hand. They could not put it in a cast because of the swelling. Kelly felt S0000 bad!! Of course Kelly's siblings said, 'Way to go KELLY, brake Mom's hand on Christmas Eve!!

I have to go to the Dr. this week and see if they can put it in a cast.

Other then that I had a wonderful Christmas!!

Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas to all my Family and Friends!!! Wishing all of you a lovely Christmas with your family and friends! Many Blessings to everyone!!
Thanks to Karen who hacked into my blog site this morning and redid my header and back ground! What a fun suprise!!

Happy Birthday Kelly!! And No Sodium Diet means weight loss!!

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Happy Birthday to my Dear daughter Kelly! She has been a blessing to all of us in our family and friends!God gave her a servant's heart and a loving spirit she shares with all of us!

I am doing better and on this NO Salt diet and I mean NO Salt, well I guess I get some 2000 mg a day. But when you count them up they go fast!! The wonderful side of this is that I have lost 13 pounds from watching my sodium intake! The other benefits is that I got rid of the fluid on my lungs and can breathe so much better! The other is the swelling in my feet has gone down and this is really a good thing!

This is why I haven't been out visiting much, is if I sit to long at the computer they start to get big as balloons!!


I am going to try to start reading your blogs but not leave comments,and see how that goes! So if you have one of the counter deals that tells you who has been to visit you and you see I have been there and not left a comment you will know what I am doing.

Some of my blogging buddies told me it would be a little easier if I would visit 5 blogs each day and leave a comment and that way in a week or so I could make my rounds. So I am thinking that sounds like a good idea! After the first of the year I will see if I can do this!!

Some of you have asked about my special needs daughter Nancy and how her health is doing. We go to the Kansas City Cancer Center every other week since June for the lupus. Nancy's blood count is going up and this is good.

She really gets into the Christmas spirit because she is like she is between 5-10 years old, so she loves Christmas! She loves to give gifts and we have to hold her back or she would give everyone she knows or would like to know a gift!!But maybe she really has the right Christmas spirit!

Pictures of our Christmas Tree!!

I wanted to share the pictures Kelly took of our 3 foot live Christmas tree!! Kelly bought it for me! She has only had 3 live trees since she was born.

Yes, Kelly does have a laptop but we can't shut the lid or move it one drop or it doesn't work!! So we are just happy at this time to be able to have a working computer!! The tree now has pretty decorations under it!

This is my new, well new to me love seat that Kelly got me for Christmas. If I had known that our coffee table looked so lived in I would have picked up a little!! The Kitty Cat is Myrtle . She is Karen's cat but she lives with us! We have one more cat who is huge, Zeke . He has long brown hair and very gentle.

Have I shared that Karen has lost 115 pounds!! She is looking so nice! Kelly has lost 60 pounds! She looks great, too!!

Well, Boy Oh Boy, is this fun being able to post about something beside my health!!! I am losing weight too but that is because of the medicine I am taking for my kidneys.

I have been working on getting out Christmas cards and my special needs daughter, Nancy loves to send and get cards. All through the year when we are at Doctor's offices she asked for every one she meets and talks to for their address and tells them she will send them a Christmas card!! So,I have addressed 30 Christmas cards just for her!! She wanted to send more, but I had to cut the list down because of my health this year. It gives her so much joy to send these out that I can't bear to not do this!!

Update!

I have been to the Doctor's for my test on my heart and GOOD news! I have no blockage in my arteries in my heart and no fluid in there either! Praise God!
I have lost 10 pounds in 5 or 6 days so some of the swelling has gone down. I am breathing better and the top of my lungs are better! There were crackles in the bottom of my lungs but I am sure they will get better!
The kidney specialist put me on a 2 Gram Sodium diet which is 2000 mg a day and does that go fast!!! Every thing on earth as salt in it!! But I am following it!!
I really want to Thank you for your prayers! You all have been a wonderful Blessing to me!!

We were able to get a little live 3 foot tree up and decorated. When I am able I will post pictures of some of our Christmas decorations.
We had snow today!
I had a wonderful hone call from my friend
Mary on Monday! This was a wonderful gift of her time! I appreciated it so much!!! We were able to get to know each and it was like we had been friends for years!!
Yesterday Glo called me and this was great so I could find out how she was doing. She has had some serious health problems too. She is doing better.Praise God!
Blogging Buddies are the Best!!!!

Scriptures for Healing

Mom wanted to share these with you, a friend of ours sent these to her to build up her faith...

Psalm 30:2 (New Living Translation)
2 O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you restored my health.

Restore means:
To bring back to a former, original, or normal condition, to bring back to a state of health, soundness, or vigor. (dictionary.com)



Psalm 103:3 (New Living Translation)
3 He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases.


Psalm 107:20 (New Living Translation)
20 He sent out his word and healed them, snatching them from the door of death.

(Amplified Bible)
20 He sends forth His word and heals them and rescues them from the pit and destruction.



Psalm 118:17 (New Living Translation)
17 I will not die; instead, I will live to tell what the Lord has done.


Isaiah 58:8 (New Living Translation)
8 “Then your salvation will come like the dawn, and your wounds will quickly heal. Your godliness will lead you forward, and the glory of the Lord will protect you from behind.

(Amplified Bible)
8 Then shall your light break forth like the morning, and your healing (your restoration and the power of a new life) shall spring forth speedily; your righteousness (your rightness, your justice, and your right relationship with God) shall go before you [conducting you to peace and prosperity], and the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.(A)

Jeremiah 17:14 (Amplified Bible)
14Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for You are my praise.


Jeremiah 30:17 (New Living Translation)
17I will give you back your health and heal your wounds,” says the Lord.

(Amplified Bible)
17For I will restore health to you, and I will heal your wounds, says the Lord, because they have called you an outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no one seeks after and for whom no one cares!


1 Peter 2:24 (New American Standard Bible)
24 and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.


3 John 1:2 (New American Standard Bible)
2Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.

More Health issues!

I had my labs this morning and I was having a hard time breathing so I asked them to check my oxygen level and it was low! The nurse said I needed to see the Dr. and he ordered a chest ex-ray and it showed that I have fluid on my lungs.

He gave me a prescription for some kind of pills which Kelly will pick up this afternoon. Then I will know what kind of pills I am taking.

My kidney specialist is suppose to call this afternoon about the swelling in my feet.

I have to have a echo cardiogram the last of the week to be sure my heart is OK.

I sure am Thankful for all your prayers and your concern for me!! And putting me on your prayer list at your church!! You will never know how much this means to me!! I tear up just thinking about how much you all care about each other.

I am just going through a bad time now, but I will get well!!!

Needing More Prayer!!

It is snowing here today! Not a lot but enough to feel like Christmas!

Well, since I wrote my last post things got hard!! I don't think I told you all that the kidney specialist told me to drink more water.

SO I did!! Oh My!! Each evening my feet were a little more swollen until Friday night and they were so swollen that in a couple places they cracked and bled. Not good! Karen and Kelly cleaned them up and propped them up with pillows.

I called my Doctor and they told me he said to call the kidney specialist. The Kidney special is out of his office until Monday morning.

I have labs this week so Please keep praying that the creatine will go down! THANKS!! IF they don't that means you have permanent kidney damage and will have to be on dialysis in time.

I have one more deal..... My body must be making insulin! This week my blood sugar has fell to 40 twice and the worst was the night before Thanksgiving when it dropped to 31 and everything was going dark. My Doctor has decreased my insulin but it is still falling but not as bad.

I hate to make this into a medical post but I need your prayers so much!! I must get well!!

I was able to go and visit some of you a little on Wednesday but I had to stop because of the swelling in my feet.

So I need to get well for many reasons but one reason IS I love to blog!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends!! I sure hope you have a lovely time with family and friends tomorrow.

We will go down to my son Bill's home. They fix the turkey, gravy, dressing, mashed potato's. We bring the sweet potato's green bean casserole and the corn pudding and I make a fluff salad. Kelly will make pumpkin pies!

I saw the kidney specialist yesterday and he said my creatine were still not were they should be but I am getting better. Praise God!

Good News on Friday!

Hello!! Well it is Friday and I see the family or me have been posting every Friday since I have been sick. I am feeling so much better! I was at the Dr's office on Tuesday and my blood pressure was better but my creatine are still not were the Dr. wants them. I see the kidney specialist next week. But I am so much better!!

Maybe really soon I can get out and visit and leave some comments!! Boy, oh Boy have I ever missed you!!!



But as Hootin Anni told me in no uncertain terms MY Health comes first!!! So this time I didn't want a set back.

Thank you SO very much for your prayers for me!! And for all the lovely comments! How can I ever thank you for all this concern and caring!!!
I have been in for so long there isn't a lot of news about my family! Well,as I think about it Karen flew down and visited her friends in Austin, TX. last weekend and had a really good time! They went to Houston on Thursday and San Antonio on Saturday and saw the River Walk.
She brought me back the cutest Ginger Bread Boy who is a Texas Cowboy!!
Nancy loved her tee shirt from the Alamo!

Hello All My Sweet Blogging Friends!

Since I have been under the weather Kelly has got a new do!! She has lost 3 dress sizes!! This is Kelly and her great-nephew Marcello.
Well, I don't know if I am suppose to be on here yet or not!!! But I just couldn't stand seeing my side bar with all the Halloween stuff still on it so I had to do a little house keeping on it!! While I was doing that I thought I would do a quick post!!!
I am feeling a lot better but my blood pressure is still to high. Nancy and I had labs this morning. This is to see if creatine levels have gone back to normal. I will be seeing the Dr for a visit next week and then we will know how every thing is comming along!
I sure want to Thank everyone for their many prayers on my behalf!
This turned out to be pretty rough! But I think I have turned the corner now and things are looking up!! I will post when I find out what the Dr. has to say!!
Nancy wants everyone to know she got a new hair cut, too!!

Update on mom

It's Friday night and I'm taking dictation from mom over the phone...... Here goes....

Thanks to everyone who's been praying, I appreciate it soooo much. I got to come home late on Wednesday night by promising to have lab work done first thing on Thursday morning at my primary caregiver. Which I did and found out my kidney's still haven't bounced back, the creatine level is still high, like at the hospital. Waiting to get direction from the doctor. But drinking LOTS of WATER in the meantime...

Still don't feel like myself, but getting better everyday.

Will post when I can, but wanted everyone to be updated.

Love,
Grams

Mom's In the Hospital

Mom went in the other day for a second round of angioplasty. They did the stint thing, 2 places in her hips, both kidneys, and couldn't do the right leg, it was too hardened. She can have a bypass done, in the future, if she chooses to, but isn't an emergency since there's ancellory flow around the blockage.


She also had complications because her creatin level was high and her kidneys weren't through putting so they've decided to keep her overnight -- again.

She (we) would like your prayers.

Thanks!!