[mkay]

Teel- Welcome...glad you couldn't sleep. Kidding...This site is chocked full of Angels. I have found them loving and praying for me the very day I "lurked" as well. Hope to see you soon.

EZ- How proud you must've felt with your daughter leading in prayer and receiving the awards.

Hope everyone had a restful/fun/playful/quiet/deserving weekend!

[Mitchypoo]

Hi all!

Teel! Welcome!!! I hope you come back soon, it'd be so great to have someone from Europe join us.

Gary, our poor Dodgers. I think you must be terribly proud of DD too. You've all been blessed with awesome kids. And Angie's business sounds quite exciting. I wish her well and what a blessing it must be for DD to have a mom so involved.

I'm at work, but my chest is killing me and i'm still coughing. I sound very nasally. I made a dr. appt. for early tomorrow a.m. Have PT tonight, hope i'm up for it, i may have to cancel.

[wilma12]

It's a long weekend here (Thanksgiving) and I get a bad cold. GO figure! We did have a nice day yesterday. Went to visit an aunt in the country. We went for a walk to an abandoned graveyard. Really peaceful!

I had planned to get some baking done but for now I'm going to lay low. I am sneezing and have a runny nose. Hopefully I'll be better by tomorrow.

My cabinet guy hasn't got back to us with prices yet but we're hopeful he can do it. I already realize it won't be done until after Christmas but that's okay. It gives me more time to save up for it.

Sunny- i didn't do anything special with my hair - just a trim. She wants to put in a body perm to give it some curl but I'm not sure about that. I have a month to think about it.

Well, I'm going to go have a rest. Talk to you all later.

[Angie-Wangie]

I apologize for just the quick note but wanted you guys to know I am thinking about you!!

Yesterday I did the 5 mile walk for the American Heart Association and raised over 400 dollars! The day before that I went to a Pumpkin Festival with my family. That was lots of fun! Satan tempted me though as there was actually a booth for atheists and agnostics with offensive bumper stickers for sale. For example one said "Godless American". I felt that confronting them would have made the devil happy so I just walked on by...but BOY did I want to tell them off!

I am off and running again!! Take care guys!

[teel]

Oh well done to Angie-Wangie for your 5 mile walk for the American Heart Foundation! And good on you for not blowing your stack about the a and a tent with their mindless car stickers.

I haven't seen many car stickers from the Christian world recently...(obviously don't get out enough!) I think I remember a couple of particularly great ones that surface round about Christmas time. I think one says something about "WANTED: JOINERS REQUIRED FOR CARPENTER....NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!"
And of course there is the even older one JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON!"

And of course HE IS!!
Anyway as you can see, here am I awake again at 02:00hrs. I know its now nearly 03:00 but I have been posting on the thread I usually belong to. This is becoming a very boring habit! I know I am not well at the moment, physically or mentally, but having such disturbed nights don't help the cause in any way!!

So I will shoot off now. I hope everyone is asleep who should be...and that if you are awake then you ought to be so!!

God Bless. See you soon.

Love from Teel xx

[mkay]

Teel- What would like me/us to pray for for you? For one, I pray to the Father that the Holy Spirit within you, flows the peace you need for a good night's sleep. Allow the Lord to rest upon you. Amen to that!

Wilma- EEK! A cold and over the holiday to boot. Praying for your healing. How cold is it there now?

The prophetic man at church last night delivers such a great message. The one thing that stuck with me is that he said if we are in rebellion, it could sacrifice our children's destiny, as the Moabs sacrificed their children in the old test.

Anyway on that note...there is a man...Eric something who will debating Christianity vs. Muslim belief today and 100s of Muslims watching. This WILL be a breakthrough for Muslims to turn. Amen!

Hmmm...what else is new...how is everyone else?

Gotta jet and get to work...Hugs!

[wilma12]

I feel so much better today. I still have the sniffles but I think I'll be able to make it to work. It might be good for me to get out of the house. I did nothing yesterday but rest and drink lots of fluids. I did manage to make supper yesterday which was a real treat.

The weather here has been incredible. Above normal temps. This after an unseasonably cool summer. Who knows what winter will bring.

An answer to prayer. Youngest DS got a job with an electrical company. If he makes it through his 3 month probation period they'll keep him on as an apprentice. He's really excited about it and we're so happy that he's found something he wants to do. Now we have to find a vehicle because he can't ride the bus to job sites.

It's oldest DS's 23rd birthday today. I'm starting to feel my age!!!

Well, gotta go get ready for work. Talk to you soon.

[Bunnababy]

Good morning all. I didn't even get on the computer yesterday, which is rare for me. Sounds like everyone had a good weekend.

Welcome Teel, hope you get some sleep soon but you can still hang out here too. I had insomnia for years so I can sympathize.

Wilma, glad that you are feeling better today but remember Mitchy felt better for a couple of days too then it came back with a vengenance, so be careful. It seems like it takes forever to get the house stuff done which makes us anxious cuz we know how good it is going to look. Congratulations to your son for the steps forward in his career choice.

Mkay, sexy black blouse? Enjoy that CD, I love good Christmas music.

Sunny, I want to donate my hair but I am going to let it grow until spring. I have an extra 12 inches now but it is close so another inch won't hurt. It takes about three years to grow it long enough so every three years I have short hair (shoulder length) for a while. And yes, Costco does sell cars, well actually dealers go through Costco.

Gary, how proud you must be of your daughter. Is this the daughter with IBS? Don't stay too busy to watch the ballgames this week and do some sideline

Mitchy: Hope you start feeling better real soon. You haven't mentioned your back in a while is the PT helping a bunch still? Sounds like you enjoyed hearing from Lonnie glad that he called which means he is obviously interested in continuing the relationship too.

Had my knee x-rayed yesterday. I thought it was feeling better but then I bowled and it hurt like crazy last night. Guess we will wait and see. One of the problems with FMS is that you have symptoms and pain but nothing ever shows up. That's why I was surprised when my bloodwork showed the prediabetes. My blood pressure is getting too low now so I am tired feeling all the time 94/62, so gotta get the medicine regulated, but the good news part of that is maybe it is coming down because of my losing weight. We will see.

The new garage door is installed. We now have keyless entry so the kids won't need to have keys anymore and it looks so nice. DH is installed the new patio door today so our new outside look is complete and then next spring we are redoing the front yard and flower beds. I put in a huge dahlia bed when we moved in 10 years ago and the gophers ate all the bulbs so I am going to put one in front with the bed closed off so the little buggers can't get in. DH wants a rose garden off to the side also, we had a huge one when we lived at the other house, but this one will be smaller. We decided for sure on the flooring we are putting in and I think we are gonna go ahead and get started in our bedroom and bathroom. I also need to get to the hardware store and get a small booklet on how to do my dressers. I have an idea for colors but need to know the best way to approach it. Has anyone done that kind of work? I want to stain them with colors rather than removing the stain and restraining them in wood. Guess I better go or you will be calling me a thread hog for sure.

[sprout]

October 12


John 1:12
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.


Corey had to admit that his friends were making better progress than he was. He just wasn't disciplined enough. His friends didn't seem to have nearly as much trouble with discipline. When he asked them why, they all just grinned and told him to pray about it. Finally, it dawned on him what they were talking about. Corey wasn't much of a Christian, but he wasn't stupid, either. His friends obviously had something he needed and wanted. If God could do so much to help them, then Corey believed He would do it for him, also. By receiving the truth of Christ, Corey was given all the strength needed to succeed in his diet.
Today's thought: God is ready to help me lose weight!

[SunnyD57]

Meeeee... with our Autumn Decorations *~*~* A Closer Look

Good Evening CER's!

A little announcement... as of yesterday I am not going to Curves anymore for now. They have put me on Medical Hold and if I decide I am able to go back next year I will begin again at the same locked in price I signed up for, but as of yesterday they will not be charging me any longer. She also said she was going to see if I could get reimbursed for last month ~ being I only went once. I was so pleased to hear that. I just think it's too much for me right now and I need this time to heal up completely... I am doing great with just the walking everyday & watching my diet. I have been a very good girl and have been richly rewarded with almost pain free days.

Hi MKay ~ What a beautiful Bedroom & Floor!!!! Thanks so much for sharing those pictures with us. My hubby loved that floor too! The detail in it is really cool!

Thanks for the recipe too!!!! I will try it as soon as I go to the grocery and buy the ingred. Anytime you are able to share recipes I am open to it

Mary, what was said in the prophesies? Were they just personal or did any of them pertain to our times? Sounds very intriguing! What did you buy for clothing? You just said it was in the washer... my niece buys clothes from the Goodwill and gets the best dresses.

Michele ~ Thanks! I knew you would like both bedrooms! It seems that you enjoy the Victorian Style too.

Your training sounded very interesting... did you find that you got allot out of it?

How is that voice of yours? Get it back yet?? Boy, you have had such a run of illness lately, I'm so sorry! Feel better soon!!!!

Gary ~ I have the hardest time speaking in front of others too... I give your DD allot of credit!!!!! I bet that you and the ex were beaming!!!! I am so glad to hear that Amanda is doing better with her IBS... if she sticks to the book she should feel so much better as time passes.

*Welcome* Teel ~ Good to see you stop in!!! I have the FISH symbol on the back of our jeep and just last week while we were stopped at a light a man called over to us and thanked us for showing our witness of Jesus Christ with our symbol... just too cool to hear!

I sure do hope that you get some much needed sleep soon... you just cannot go on without a good sleep. Are you in pain? Or feeling tortured emotionally? Or just have insomnia?

I will lift you in *Prayer*!!!!

Wilma ~ That's right... ... you celebrate two Thanksgivings... I remember that from last year when I first started here. I hope you are able to enjoy it! I know you were very stressed last year. Hope you don't come down with something!!!! Now that would be a real drag! Keep getting better!!! (((Hugs)))

So happy to hear that DS got the job he wanted!!! Yeah!!!! *Prayers* that he finds a car soon!

Bunna ~ How cool that you do that... so many need your hair! Mine does not grow nearly fast enough for me to do it! It takes me forever!

Did you find a car? I had no idea that dealers worked through Costco... learn something new everyday!!!

I am so sorry to hear about your knee... ouch!!! Hope it gets better soon!! I have always had knee pain since my car accident in 1986. It hit the steering column and was dislocated and they popped it back in at the scene. Never has been the same since. I can always tell when the rains are coming or when it gets cold --- goes right to the bones.

Good luck with your dresser!!!

Angie-Wangie ~ Cool Beans... walking 5 miles and for such a great cause! Woo Hoo on the $400.00!!!!! The Pumpkin Festival sounded like fun, but what a bummer that someone has to ruin it all with booths like that! I think you did the best thing just walking away... they want controversy!!! It gets them attention... good for you!

Thanks Sprout!!!!!!

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Joe & I had a wonderful weekend!! We were gat-abouting all day Saturday visiting family at a birthday party (stayed away from the cake... yeahhhh!) and had dinner out with our friends (I was very careful there too and didn't get sick!). And Sunday after church we went to breakfast with our friends and then we came home rested for about an hour. Then we went out to work in the yard. We went out at around 1:30 and finished at around 6:30... got all our weeds pulled, the perennials cut down and put the yard decorations away (most of them - had to leave the birdbath out for our friends till at least November ).

Well CER's... time for me to call it a night...
*God Bless*
SunnyD
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[teel]

Good morning ladies! And thank you for all my welcome greetings.
And guess what time it is? Ah see...I knew you'd get it wrong! Hee hee! I am a little earlier than of late as it is on;y 01:15 as I begin this post

I think I had better tell you a few deails about myself, seeing as I gatecashed on to the thread the other morning without a "by your leave!"

I am 40 (in June this year) and I live alone in my own home with my West Highland White Terrier called Holly, who is 7 1/2 yrs old. I used to work as a general nurse in the recovery department until I re-trained for a qualificaion in psychiatry and then I worked in an in-patient unit for 6 years and then as a CPN (community psychiatric nurse). I loved it...well, as far as anyone does love their job forst thing on a Monday morning ! I play the violin as a semi-professional and get invited to play for select orchestras and I used to front up a Christian folk band. Spare time was not on any agenda!

Then all this came crashing to a halt.A few things happened. As a baby I was born with a congenital spinal scoliosis which had never really given me too much trouble..only when I had fallen from a horse or had a car accident... or sat playing the violin for too long in an orchstral concert. I had also had glandular fever twice in my late teens and it had become a chronic viral condition known as Epstein Barr Syndrome..and then I got it a third time and was off sick from work (at this time I was running a unit for the elderly mentally ill) for 3 months. I got back to work on reduced hours and the crunch came when I fell asleep at the wheel driving home from work one day. The Lord was looking after me, thats for certain! I was unhurt and woke up driving along a hedge on the opposite side of the road I should have been going along! No-one else was involved. It did shake me up rather and after huge deliberations I decided I couldn't carry on any more so I was retired from nursing on medical grounds. I thouhjt my world had ended...
After this episode my back pain started to get the better of me and I started getting altered sensation down my legs if I stood up for longer than about 10 minutes. Lumbar area pain was becoming intolerable and life got very difficult.

I thought I had enough to contend with, when another blow hit me physically. I caught a virus that wiped out nearly 3/4 of my heart muscle...to say I was distraught is certainly putting it very mildly! I ended up in a private psychiatric hospital 60 miles from home for 18 weeks and came home trying to get some of my former life's activities back again....The ultimate treatment for this cardiomyopathy is a heart transplant.. I currently run (oh ha ha! I can't "run" anywhere!!) on 26% of normal heart function.
But the Lord doesn't seem to want me in His presence yet. My cardiologist is amazed at the recovery my heart has managed in that she gave me a year to live and here I am, very nearly 4 years after it all started... and not as ill as she thinks I should be by half!!

Life, as I said earlier, is extremely difficult at times. I get very depressed and do feel that my emotions are constantly in turmoil. The back pain is horrendous and no-one in the medical fraternity seems to be able to give me any adequate pain relief to make life more worth the living of it. About 13 days ago I had three injections into my spinal ligaments and my saco-iliac joint ligament. I feel as though I have been run over by a raging bull! It has been agony ever since! Apparently the good doctor teels me it could be as long as 4 weeks before I feel as though there could be any pain reief through the injections. As you see, the jury is still out on that decision!!

And so that, my friends, is the history of me! Oh. Apart from the added interest that has arisen because of a lump in my neck that has suddenly appeared despite being on antibiotics for a week. I saw my g.p. yesterday and he is sending me today for a chest x-ray. Yes I am panicking! I am sure it is a swollen gland but my blood count shows an infection somewhere in the system and the g.p. muttered soething along the lines of "we need to know what it is, so I may send you to an e.n.t. specialist if it doesn't settle down...and they may want to cut it out!"

So you see all this combined is probably the reason for my rogue sleep pattern. If you can call it a "pattern"!
Thank you for the offer of payer, SunnyD57. I think my request would be for this lump to be nothing more serious than a nuisance swollen gland that doesn't need any treatment, and that I will not be getting the heabie-jeebies over it. I do enough of that with everything else already! I also need for some of this back pain to abate!

Sorry I have taken up practically a whole page to myself! And I am sorry not to have replied to anyone's posts at this time....promise to play "catch up" and find out who...and where...you all are in the world!

Meanwhile...take good care of yourselves and everyone you love.
God Bless. Watch out for the gaurdian angels all around. I certainly know they are there!!!

[Mitchypoo]

Wow Teel, what a story. But i love how you throw in inspiration here and there. I will certainly pray that that lump is nothing and it'll just go away. I see now why you are up and i also pray that the Lord helps to comfort you and let you get your needed sleep. We have some similarities, I too turn 40 next year, i have a dog that I adore (her name is Simba), I have Epstein Barr and back problems. Did they give you an epidural? My back pain has quieted down after my 2nd epidural. But i still have a 11 cm bulge in my lower back so i'm going to physical therapy and chiro. I'm soooo happy you've come back! I look forward to your posts and will support you anyway i can.

I went to dr. this a.m. and i have fluid behind my ears and bronchitis. She gave me a Z-pack of antibiotics and an inhaler. Never had one of those. This is one they use for asthma, which i've never had, she questioned me if anyone in my family has it. I have a funny wheeze in my throat now. The inhaler did help with the cough, but in the afternoon i had a good bout of coughing where i was out of control and tears running down my face. I'm sure it'll get better now. I have to go back to have a couple skin tags removed on my face in a couple weeks. And they also poked me to check my thyroid. What a day!

I'm super tired, going to bed before 9 pm!

[DawnieBee]

Dear Ladies & Gary (Who - from what I can gather is the only guy in the joint-lol)
I am so sorry to hear some of the health problems plaguing all of us. I will be praying for us all & please keep in your prayers a friend of my mother who had recently been told she has a mass in her brain. Sometimes I just say to God - You know if You feel like coming back tomorrow that'd be fine with me. However ~HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER~ & He wants us all to live in victory. Which leads me to say, I'm so glad to hear the grace with which you all bear these burdens- only with Jesus .
My Mama donated her hair too- lovely blonde- right before beginning chemo in 2001(Diagnosed stage2 breast cancer in 2000). She said well - at least someone will be able to use it. Praise the Lord for her full recovery- She's a minister & performed my sister's wedding in Aug. 2001 & mine in Aug. 2002.
To change subjects a little - all of the home pictures are lovely. I certainly hope my hubby & I can buy one soon. We're just pups -21-, but we want to own a home so much.
Coming here really is encouraging me to do the right thing as far as my fat chick status is concerned. I know I'll win the war even if it takes ... a long time (just can't put a time on it anymore I don't need any discouragement)Thanks all!
-ooo does anybody watch Joyce Meyer? - I really feel what she's saying lately about priorities & the whole today matters thing. Just love her straightforward teaching.
- Here's a prayer for all my brothers & sisters-
Dear Jesus Thank You for being who You are- I praise you Lord & Bless you
I Thank you for Helping us to walk in your victory daily. Thank you for giving us the strength to be the women & men of God who we are called to be. Help us to meditate on Your Word day & night & to always be speaking to you throughout our days. Dear Lord I praise you for the work you began in all of us because as your Word says You WILL be faithful to complete it. Thank You for this gift of fellowship & In Jesus name I ask Your Blessings on these members of Your family. Amen
- mmk Drink your water & wash those grubby paws & let's make the coming 'cold' season a little 'warmer'- oh i love being a cornball
-Dawn

Yeah no more weight loss yet BUT I WILL be patient & I WILL WIN

[SunnyD57]

Happy Birthday to youuuu...
Happy Birthday to Youuuuu...
Happy Birthday, Dear Angie!
Happy Birthday to YOU!
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May the Dear Lord Bless You!
May the Dear Lord Bless You!
May the Dear Lord Bless, Angie!!!
May the Dear Lord Bless YOU!

*Have a WONDERFUL 38th Birthday, Angie!!!*
Luvs,
SunnyD
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[SunnyD57]

One of our trees here in NE, Ohio
I took this picture - cool, huh?

Good Autumn Morning CER's!
Buuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... we woke up to 34* this morning!!!
The seasons are a changin'

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Teel ~First off...NEVER worry about taking up the space here --- no one ever outdoes me in that area Take all the space you need! No one here minds at all!

Your story is quite a witness for sure! You have truly endured so very much in your life and have come through it so far like a trooper! I will keep you very close in *Prayer* sweetie for that lump! Prayers are so powerful and if we get a good chain of prayer going here that Dr. of yours will find that lump no more!!!

My Dear Father in heaven, I ask that you hear my prayers for Teel... I pray for her *Health*, *Well-being* and her *Spirits*, Lord, in that she feel the comfort of Your loving arms around her keeping her safe from evil Lord Jesus, and that you may bring *Comfort* and *Joy* into her life again through the awesome gift of your Holy Spirit... I ask this in your precious name, Jesus, Amen.

My parents have two Westie's --- they are very smart and beautiful dogs! Sounds like your *Holly* is a great companion to you, Teel. I am 47 & I have been married for 29 wonderful years to my Joe. We have three kitties (our kids)... Domino just turned 9 yrs. old on the 11th of Oct. and then I have 2 siblings, Guido & Zeppe, that are 2 yrs. old (all 3 are boys).

Again, Welcome to this thread
*God Bless You*

Michele ~ I will keep you close in prayer as well - in that your health may soon recover!!! You too have been through some rough times lately when it comes to your health. Feel better soon - those meds should do the trick! Are you still going for therapy for your back? Or is that area doing better?

Dawn ~ It's so good to see you back!! I will lift your DF's mother up in my daily prayers... how very sad. Thank you so much for you wonderful, sweet prayer! You always do say such beautiful prayers! You have a gift!

Have you and your hubby ever thought of a manufactured home? We have always had one since we married 29 years ago (note all my home pics). Of course the first home we had was very small (12 x 65), but now they have such beautiful ones that are just as nice as a house. It may be a great start for you. My hubby and I now have a double wide with an enclosed porch and find it perfect for us and our 3 amigo's. We have always enjoyed Manufactured Home Living and our wonderful neighbors... just food for thought.

Sooooo... will we be seeing all you other CER's again soon???!!!
Gary? Sami? Sue? DaleMarie? Lakegirl? Frugalchick? Kitten? Sherry?
WE MISS YOU!!!!!!!!!

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*Have a wonderful Day Gang!*
SunnyD
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