Good morning-still cleaning up after the party-I feel so bad about all those leftovers but some I had to throw away. My stomache caught up with me yesterday for eating cake. But it seems to stop where before it didn't.
We went to get flooring yesterday, and passed a yard sale with baby things but we couldn't stop because we had to get the flooring. But, even thought the changing table was gone-on the way back-I got 2 things that I wanted Jessica to have-a bouncy reclining chair with music-and a playmat-each were 10 and good as new. !!!!
Massage today-my back was good for 3 days and now it's back to hurting. It seems like it gets out of place.
Gorgeous weather! Mima

Way to go on those great buys at the yard sale!! I love it when I get good deals!!

Good morning. I had such a wonderful massage yesterady-she worked on my hips big time-perhaps all my problems are fibro?????? Stomache a bit better-Auntie wants to go to lunch-I can have a turkey sandwich on my bread. Then we have our puddings-mine is tapioca and hers is grapenuts. !!!
Big mess with our prescriptions-The City changed the company and NONE of our scripts got transferred as promised by City. But there is a nice lady named Laurie who is working on it-worst case scenario-all new scripts!!!!!!!!!!!!! Which we will need to go to FL.
Very cool. Chance of selling camper to a friend of Brad's but he will have to tow it to FL for them. But we will net 10,000. Campers are not selling-just like houses.
Bye for now Mima

I didn't find one yard sale when my daughter and I went out sat. We did find a craft show and didn't buy anything but some nuts..Most of the stuff I can make myself..So I know when the price is jacked up to the clouds..
Mima- I hope you are cool where you are. Florida is really hot right now..The rainy season is almost over.. Where we live it has not recieved its fair share of rain. It is going to take a big storm to bring up the water table...
My stomach has decided to say hello.. I hope it settles down befor I have to go to Tops this evening...
Hello Everybody..Joanne

Mima, I think many of our problems are from the fibro. Nice to hear that the camper may be selling soon!

Joanne, I always enjoy going to craft shows, but I really never buy anything. I can't make the stuff though. I'm a klutz!! Hope your Tops meeting went well.

Not much happening here. We've had Kramer to the doggy hospital for a couple of days. He is home now. He had some diarhea and was dehydrated, and now we think he's back to normal. He had just been there because of vomiting a few weeks ago, so they ran all kinds of tests this time to see if there was a problem with his liver or kidneys. Everything came back ok though.

Sure hope Kramer is ok.
I hardly buy anything at Craft sales for the same reason-I can make it. I don't need anything anyways.
My daughter is moving in with her boyfriend and I claimed the entertainment center that I gave her because we can use it. Bobby and I put sweat and tears putting it to gether. We have a TV set on the FLOOR in the bedroom but now I have to get rid of my bureau. I have 12 hours to make up my mind.
I had to get ALL new scripts because they didn't transfer ANY of ours-glad the secretaries were so nice!!!!!
Brad has someone coming to help him this morning put up sheetrock!
Chiro at 9-doing better. Women's bible at 1. Pick up the scripts in between. Mima

Kramer is doing better, but he still isn't back to being himself yet.
I laughed about the entertainment center. When Tim was home over the summer, he was pointing things out that he would like to take with him when he moves out. Keep in mind, he won't be graduating till spring 2009, but he is already thinking. Bob is thinking too, because he has plans for what to do with Tim's room when he moves out.

I went to a new chiropractor on Thursday. She put me through several stretching exercises, sat and asked a zillion questions, and then took xrays. I meet with her on Monday to go over everything, and to decide what the plan of action will be. My old chiro never did anything like that when I first went to him. I had heard good things about this woman, so I thought I'd give her a try. Hope she can help.

Hope everyone is doing ok!!

Sure hope you get help from the chiro. My adjustment didn't last long this time because I tried to move a chair while I was sitting on it. My stomache is better today but has been on the bum. And my sinuses are acting up.
Nix on the entertainment center. I told her to try to sell it at work.
Someone actually came to look at camper but he was also looking at others.
Boy-did it rain yesterday. We sure need it.
We went to see Brad's sister and she is doing better. She cried when we left but seemed happy when we got there. They took all her tubes out!!!!!!!!!
We are going to a new SS class and going to hear Ivan Parker tonight. He sings with the Gaithers and he's going to be at my gf's church. Even my sil is going,
We also went to Angela's brothers restaurant on the way home. I had haddock and mashed potatoes-it was good.
Mima

I have returned! My goodness, I had a hard time trying to get on the computer. A gfriend of mine came and spent the week. This is a gal I grew up with, so that makes 55 years of friendship under our belts. Anyway, we just talked and had a good time.

Mima - I hope you start to feel better soon. You haven't really felt good for a while. If it isn't the tummy, then it is the back. Hopefully, another treatment by the chiro will help. I know, for me, at times, I have to go about 4 times in a row, and then it is good for a long time. Have fun tonight.

Tammy - I remember when my kids were moving out. My daughter wanted stuff, but my son not so much. Had to force him to take things. Kids are sure different.

Joanne - Hope YOUR tummy has also settled down. This IBS stuff gets old fast!!!! I go to craft shows and look, but never buy anything. A lot of that stuff they sell are just dust collectors. Looks nice for the first little while, but it usually costs an arm AND a leg.

Hope you all have a good day.

Here's a little poem, written by a wonderful, gifted gal.

FINDING GOD EACH DAY
As through this life we wander...Getting burdened with life's cares,
We sometimes look around us...And ask if God is here.
We try so hard to find Him...In a world so full of stress,
That many times we overlook...His presence at its best.
Have you ever saw the wagging tail...Of a dog that you may greet?
Have you ever heard a purring cat...As it lay across your feet?
Felt the softness of a horse's lips...Eating oats from an outstretched hand?
Or watched a mother cow and calf...As they grazed upon the land?
Saw a deer out in the meadow...Its tall ears still and alert?
Watched a gopher in the garden...Digging up the dirt?
The robin in early springtime...Chirping with delight,
The wild goose in September...Preparing for its flight?
Yes..God is all around us...In all we see and hear,
But sometimes wer'e too busy... to see what is so near.
Please God ,help us to go slower...And enjoy the gifts you give,
Only then can we see you..In this world in which we live.

By Donna R.

Happy- My Tummy settled for awhile..now it is back full force.. We ate out yesterday and I atr seafood gumbo and pasta and shrimp.. My back is bad too. I knew I was in trouble last night when the pain started in my abdomen and back..This too will pass...
Tammy- I have been trying for the past year to give things away to my kids... I think I will do like my G/mother did.. She put a name on the things that she wanted to give to family so that when she died we would all know what she gave away..I gave some of the stuff at that time to my daughter and son.. Now I can't get them to take anything...
Mima- We finally got a good rain yesterday. It just so happened that it caught me several blocks from home and Christie and I got soaked..
Have a good day everyone.. I am going to look for some comfort for my tummy...Joanne

I like the poem!!

Joanne, I met Tim halfway today for lunch. We talked again about the things that he would like to take with him. It will really look empty in here if he takes everything that he wants, but that's ok. It won't be as crowded in places then.

Hey everybody ... looks like you have all been quite busy. Sorry I haven't been around much. For one thing, my daughter has had pneumonia ... for another, we actually got to take a short vacation in the smokies. Rented a beautiful cabin up there for 4 days. Had a hot tub on the deck, whirlpool in the bedroom, 2 big screen TVs, 3 DVD players, game room loft with a pool table. It was in the woods, secluded. We didn't want to leave. We did a little shopping in Pigeon Forge, went out to eat once but grilled out there the rest of the time. There were some craft villages close by that we browsed one day - bought a swinging net hammock. It's so neat, it's just for one person, has a pillow you sit on then you can put your feet in the net and pull it out and lay down. I really enjoyed the break.

I've been trying to help daughter out some with the kids, too. She was really sick. I picked them up from school for her and took them to eat or to karate lessons ... of course I didn't really mind!

Maybe things have settled down for awhile. (I think I've said that before, haven't I?) Oh well, I guess that's what having a life is all about. Just seems like sometimes I have a little more life that others!!! But, I think it's time for a rest. Not a vacation rest ... a real rest. I've got to take some time off. Been saying that for awhile now. Dr. ran a bunch of tests including blood work and an echocardiogram. He called and told me my blood was lower than usual the first of last week, then the last of the week he called and said I had a hole in my heart. I told them to tell me something new. He wanted me to go to a hemotolotist ... I said no ... been there done that. Then, he wanted me to go to a heart Dr. again, so I said I'd go one more time. He seems to think they may want to repair this hole now. Don't know why now ... I've known about the hole since before my daughter was born 37 years ago so I'm sure I've probably had it since birth. But, I'll go and we'll see. The only reason I'm going - my dad and his dad both died from heart attacks at age 72. That's 12 years for me - I'm already on the same heart meds my dad was on - scary. Clock's ticking. Just leaving it in the hands of God. Everybody has a time to go. If mine is 72 then I'll go. If not a heart attack then it'll be something else. I'm going to the Dr. but he still can't keep me from dying if it's my time.

Remember me telling you how dry it has been here ... that was a month ago. Still no rain. We're supposed to get some Tues. I think. Everything here is dead. You should see our yard, it's pitiful. It has been so hot and dry we can't stand to be outside for more that 5 or 10 minutes at a time. We have even been putting the dog in the basement. It's been in the 100s or at least upper 90s forever. I can't wait for fall to arrive.

IT'S GOOD TO BE HOME!!!

I heard that it was that hot in TN-our neighbors across the street in FL live there!
Well-it's raining here and will for 2 more days and we need that. It's getting fallish and the leaves are turning. I just love fall.
Back and stomache still not good but sinuses better, Brad is going to be working downstairs so I will put on the air cleaners-things are really coming to gether.
Our neice wants to get baptized. I push and push people to come to church and all we did was ask her once and now she comes every week and strated a college and career Sunday school class yesterday. We started an ALPHA class, if anyone has heard of it.
Wow-we went to hear Ivan Parker kast night at a small church nearby-wonderful. And on Oct 4 I will see Signature Sound.
It's getting very busy. And I think next week we will go away for an overnight and go to the BIG E exposition. It's a huge NE event.
So glad to hear from you Meme-take care of yourself. I will pray for your health. You are amazing with everything wrong-esp the blood. Boy-that vacation was special.
Nice to have lunch with Tim. I tried to give my beautiful maple dining room table to my kids and no one wants it. So here it sits. But when we have a party it holds desserts. It's a drop leaf so it's out of the way.
Bye for now Mima
Anne-you must be tired from having company-thanks for the poem.

Hi everybody. Time to post. Yesterday, I bought a 90 $ oair of sneakers and an ankle bandage. So I can go for walks. I have been looking at snakers for a long time but decided on these after I read about another opair on the net-but those were not appropriate so I got these. I will walk with Auntie today to try them out.
Apt is coming along. Brad has had help.
Funny-Jessica told me her mother is also having a baby-She's only 36. Next Feb-Jessica is due Oct 24. I hope I get to see the baby before I go.
Hope everyone is good. Mima

Hi everyone. Just a note to let you know what's happening in my life. My hubby is currently in ICU at a hospital in Dayton. He has been a beer drinker forever, and the doctor had told him he needed to quit because he has liver problems. Well, he didn't quit. He has been vomiting blood, his whole body is swollen, he's gained 20 pounds in 3 weeks. He went to the doctor on Monday and started vomiting there. They called the squad, took him to a small local hospital. After a few hours there, they transferred him to a large hospital in Dayton where the liver specialist is.

Anyway, our son is home from school. Very understanding professors. I'm doing ok, but I'm exhausted. The dog is at the doggy hotel so we don't have to worry about him.

I will keep you posted. Prayers would be greatly appreciated!!