Saturday, May 11, 2013
Saturday Shift
If you wish to read Saturday's Scribbles stop over to my new blog home, Renee's Reflections On Life. This will be the last time I re-route you, so stop over and become a follower if you wish to stay connected! God bless your day!
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Saturday's Shift
Once again I am re-directing you over to my new blog......Renee's Reflections On Life for Saturday's Scribbles. Not many of you are stopping by, but I hope you will consider following me there.
If not, that's okay too. Life goes on! Sending hugs to all of you who have graced my space. Have a good day!
If not, that's okay too. Life goes on! Sending hugs to all of you who have graced my space. Have a good day!
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Saturday's Scribbles Switch
Stop over and catch up with this week's scribbles............Renee's Reflections On Life
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Saturday's Scribbles Shift
Good morning.........please stop over to my new home and read my latest Saturday's Scribbles! Link up to follow while you are there!
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Saturday's Scribbles Shift
Just a reminder to check out my new Saturday's Scribbles post
over at Renee's Reflections On Life.
Thanks!!
See you there...........
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Saturday's Scribbles Shift
Once again I am reminding you that I have moved....................you can find me over at Renee's Reflections On Life where I just posted Saturday's Scribbles. Please link up to follow me there.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Saturday's Scribbles Shift
I am going to be closing down this blog due to the many challenges I have had with Wellsphere refusing to stop sharing my posts. It seems to be time for a change and I am ecited about my new home on the web.
I will be writing over at Renee's Reflections On Life. I hope you will all join me and sign up to follow. Just click HEREand you can read Saturday's Scribbles at my new place. See you there!
I will be keeping Renee's Reflections open for quite awhile so people can check out old posts and have time to switch over if they wish.
God bless!
I will be writing over at Renee's Reflections On Life. I hope you will all join me and sign up to follow. Just click HEREand you can read Saturday's Scribbles at my new place. See you there!
I will be keeping Renee's Reflections open for quite awhile so people can check out old posts and have time to switch over if they wish.
God bless!
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Saturday's Scribbles
Good Saturday morning to you from frigid Iowa where there is no sign of Spring! Winds, cold temperatures and more snow this week have produced a bit of cabin fever for us Upper Midwesterners.....I am sure that all the plants beneath the ground are getting as impatient as we are for warmer weather and an official Spring forecast!
Speaking of Spring, I celebrated my 65th birthday on the first day of Spring. I was really struggling with this one until I remembered that when I was turning 60 Joel and I were excited because there were times we were worried I would not live to be 60. So, yay for 65, Medicare, and the best days of my life that are yet to come!! It was a quiet day for me, but many phone calls, Facebook greetings, cards, and Joel made it special.
Speaking of Medicare~~actually scribbling over to medications, I learned that New Zealand and America are the only countries that allow ads for drugs on the TV. Interesting. With so many ads for medications saturating our media, the pharmaceutical companies must be making billions.
I have decided I will need to replace this blog since Wellsphere still won't let me into my account....nor answer my emails. I don't want them publishing my blog posts anymore nor do I want to be part of their group, but I am tired of pushing for them to remove my information, so will just close this out and begin a new blog.....I will leave this one up for quite awhile and direct people to the new one once I get it set up.
We have been watching The Bible on the History Channel, but it has been so violent in parts that we changed the channel last week. It seems like they are showing more of the fighting and brutality that can be found in the Bible and not enough on some of the others stories told. Have you noticed that their angels are down right scary too? This series has made the Biblical stories come to life, but it definitely is NOT for young children or squeamish adults!
Did I tell you how Levi was treated in his home away from home when we were gone? It was the first time in probably 10 years that he stayed overnight somewhere else.....he was really happy to see Joel when he went to pick him up, but the pictures they sent us while we were gone let us know he was pampered more than a little bit during his visit...And YES that is Levi sitting at the table having breakfast with his caretaker! I think this is a set up to shock us......it did! Seriously, this would not happen at home.....but we had to laugh!
We have not watched any movies and not many TV shows this week. Did see Dancing With The Stars. I have started the 6th Guidepost Book and finished up Your Healing Door by Pastor Mohr. I am so in need of some meatly fiction and TV to lose myself in for awhile.
Until next time............
Speaking of Spring, I celebrated my 65th birthday on the first day of Spring. I was really struggling with this one until I remembered that when I was turning 60 Joel and I were excited because there were times we were worried I would not live to be 60. So, yay for 65, Medicare, and the best days of my life that are yet to come!! It was a quiet day for me, but many phone calls, Facebook greetings, cards, and Joel made it special.
Speaking of Medicare~~actually scribbling over to medications, I learned that New Zealand and America are the only countries that allow ads for drugs on the TV. Interesting. With so many ads for medications saturating our media, the pharmaceutical companies must be making billions.
I have decided I will need to replace this blog since Wellsphere still won't let me into my account....nor answer my emails. I don't want them publishing my blog posts anymore nor do I want to be part of their group, but I am tired of pushing for them to remove my information, so will just close this out and begin a new blog.....I will leave this one up for quite awhile and direct people to the new one once I get it set up.
We have been watching The Bible on the History Channel, but it has been so violent in parts that we changed the channel last week. It seems like they are showing more of the fighting and brutality that can be found in the Bible and not enough on some of the others stories told. Have you noticed that their angels are down right scary too? This series has made the Biblical stories come to life, but it definitely is NOT for young children or squeamish adults!
Did I tell you how Levi was treated in his home away from home when we were gone? It was the first time in probably 10 years that he stayed overnight somewhere else.....he was really happy to see Joel when he went to pick him up, but the pictures they sent us while we were gone let us know he was pampered more than a little bit during his visit...And YES that is Levi sitting at the table having breakfast with his caretaker! I think this is a set up to shock us......it did! Seriously, this would not happen at home.....but we had to laugh!
Levi having breakfast with Ann
We have not watched any movies and not many TV shows this week. Did see Dancing With The Stars. I have started the 6th Guidepost Book and finished up Your Healing Door by Pastor Mohr. I am so in need of some meatly fiction and TV to lose myself in for awhile.
Until next time............
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Saturday's Scribbles
Snow after the plow passed
by our mailbox!
A little snow on the deck!
Large branch that came down
missing our window...yay!
Speaking of good news, we were gone last weekend to visit our daughter, son-in-love, and grandkids in WI. We left Friday morning and came home Monday evening, driving about 5.5 hrs each way. The pictures above are what we came home to! It was great fun to finally get to see where they live, and attend the grandkids school musical~ they both did a super job singing and performing! Joel watched our granddaughter play volleyball, we celebrated our daughter's birthday, and all went to church Sunday morning. Joel has been to their home before, but I never was well enough to travel. Friday was very challenging, but I rallied the rest of the time and bonded with their dog Tucker while people went out and about. Tucker is the size of a small horse :) and I don't think our Levi is much bigger than Tucker's head! We also were able to see a few other family members who came on Saturday for the play. All in all it was so super to be there. In there home. Taking it all in.
Amazing Grace!
Tucker has such a gentle spirit
He likes you to hold one of his paws
and he "talks" to you when he wants something
On our way home we went into a fast food place in east Iowa to use the facilities and bumped into a good friend who lives in the town. It was fun to able to visit for awhile and catch up. Side note: When I was around age 13 I wanted to be a missionary and was fascinated with the idea of mission work. This friend, Dave Grant, was a son of the missionary our church helped support. I used to stand in front of the church bulletin board and gaze at the Grants with their 5 boys and wonder what it was like to be on the misson field. They were on our prayer list over the years. In 1989 we moved to northwestern Minnestoa where Joel was called to a 2 point parish and one of the pastors in the area was Pastor Dave Grant. When we talked about our childhoods one day we realized he was the Dave Grant of the Grant family that we used to pray for! He and Deb are friends~ in fact Dave was the pastor for our son's funeral service nearly 9 years ago.
Amazing Grace!
Several firsts occurred this past weekend:
I traveled and stayed with our oldest and her family for 3 nights
I attended a school event for grandchildren.
I went to Sunday morning services for first time in 8 years.
I ate in a restaurant for the first time in 10 years.
I was pretty much free of reactions in many different environments.
Amazing Grace!
Mom and our Oldest Daughter
Joel is busy with Lent and preparations for Easter. He will finish up this Interim position by the end of May we believe. He may look for another part time Interim position if God provides it. I think he would enjoy a break, too. He is doing well, and recovers quickly from things like viruses. He had a touch of flu Tuesday and was back to his old self by Wednesday morning! Yay! We managed to walk to the river and in the neighborhood 3 days this week. Nice to be out in the fresh air!
Did you see the TV coverage as the new Pope was revealed? Joel and I were watching, but I fell asleep while waiting for the announcement~ woke up when everyone started cheering. We have no connection to the Catholic Church, but found it interesting...Pope Francis the First is a man for the poor...even living among them as a Cardinal in Argentina. Time will tell what changes or evolves with him.
We have enjoyed watching The Bible on the History channel. It definitely is not for young children. Quite graphic! I am getting into Blue Bloods more and look forward to the new season of Dancing With The Stars. I am reading yet another Guidepost Lighthouse book and a book on healing titled Your Healing Door by Pastor Greg Mohr. What are you reading and watching?
Until next time................
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Saturday's Scribbles
Good morning to you on this, the first Saturday in March. Spring is right around the corner! At least that is what I keep telling myself. Temperatures will be normal here today ~in the high twenties with sunshine in the forecast.
Life traveled in the slow lane for me this week as I healed from a UTI that sent me to urgent care last Sunday. I have managed to bake and cook our meals, and for the first time in a very long time, I made chocolate chip cookies with regular flour and white sugar. I had the ingredients only because they were left over from Thanksgiving when the family came. So, I put them to use and will serve cookies on Sunday night when we open our home to people from the parish for a Bible study on the book of James. Will be fun to entertain again. Any other time, if Joel wants white sugar and gluten laden flour otherwise, he goes elsewhere. I won't use it at home because I do not believe it is good for anyone, healthy or not!
Our youngest grandson will be heading off to Kindergarten next fall...already. No more babies to snuggle until our grandbabies start having grandbabies. Joel will be 67 in June and I will be 65 in
March, and how did that happen?? Joel has no plans to retire fully. Dustin Hoffman in the AARP magazine said that "I think retirement goes hand in had with those who make a living by having a "job". I don't think that we, the .00001 percent of the population who are so fortunate to love passionately what we do, consider it a "job". I don't know if I agree with all he said, but I do know that Joel loves what he does and feels it is a privilege to work! Dustin Hoffman is 75 and directing his first movie. Certainly Joel never wants to work full time again, but he does love working his 20-25 hours a week. Since this position ends sometimes in May, we will see what else comes his way.
I am so in like with Kari Jobe and Jeremy Riddle's music. Powerful praise songs. What kind of music do you listen to? I also enjoy Jame Taylor and David Nevue's piano music. Of course he cannot hold a candle to when our two oldest girls play....I could sit and listen to them for hours. All the kids took piano lessons~ some for a couple of years, some for many. We had a "rule" that if they wanted to be in sports they had to balance it out with music...playing piano first, and then an instrument or being in a choir at school and church. In our home lived flutes, oboes, percussion instruments and drums, a sax, and a violin. Here is the kicker.....neither Joel or I had any musical training except choir. We both wished we had. Enough said.
Have you ever noticed that as you age, gravity pulls everything down.....down....down...For me the hair on my head has taken flight and is now finding a new home on my chin, Seriously, what is that all about? I have always said that the French blood I carry has made me more hairy....I sported a "mustache" from an early age and certainly have more hair on my arms than Joel....but now this new crop of hair showing up in the wrong places is a bit annoying. And lets not even talk about how my fanny has flattened and my tummy has taken on what used to be carried in my trunk. (I guess I did talk about it didn't I). I expect many my age feel the same way and that is why the plastic surgeons live in mansions. I am very grateful to still be here and there is no way I would go under the knife to alter what time and even illness has done to this body, but there are times.....times I glance into the mirror and think who IS that person!
Did you see the YouTube video of the father of the bride speaking to the groom about his daughter. So, so touching and funny, too! And what about the man who was sleeping in his bed at home in Florida and a sink hole swallowed him, bed and all. They still have not found him. Ok, that one freaked me out and is one reason I try to avoid the news! I might as well share about the baby that was wrapped in a plastic bag and left out to die......a woman, while out walking her dog, heard the newborn girl and rescued her. The good news is that thousands of people from around the world want to adopt her! Now that I have officially stirred you up in one way or another, let's move on!
I finished another Guidepost Lighthouse series book and spent a great deal of time writing for my other blog and watching online Bible teachings. So little to watch on TV anymore. We did watch some of the Oscars last Sunday night as a distraction from my ER visit. The last Castle episode was the best we have ever seen...Great acting and a great story line. Also according to Joel it was very tense. Usually I cannot watch things that are really tense, but we decided the medication was numbing me down.....or is that dumbing me down???~since I seemed a bit detached from all the drama and Joel was the one on edge! Ha...What are you reading and watching?
Until next time...........
Life traveled in the slow lane for me this week as I healed from a UTI that sent me to urgent care last Sunday. I have managed to bake and cook our meals, and for the first time in a very long time, I made chocolate chip cookies with regular flour and white sugar. I had the ingredients only because they were left over from Thanksgiving when the family came. So, I put them to use and will serve cookies on Sunday night when we open our home to people from the parish for a Bible study on the book of James. Will be fun to entertain again. Any other time, if Joel wants white sugar and gluten laden flour otherwise, he goes elsewhere. I won't use it at home because I do not believe it is good for anyone, healthy or not!
Our youngest grandson will be heading off to Kindergarten next fall...already. No more babies to snuggle until our grandbabies start having grandbabies. Joel will be 67 in June and I will be 65 in
March, and how did that happen?? Joel has no plans to retire fully. Dustin Hoffman in the AARP magazine said that "I think retirement goes hand in had with those who make a living by having a "job". I don't think that we, the .00001 percent of the population who are so fortunate to love passionately what we do, consider it a "job". I don't know if I agree with all he said, but I do know that Joel loves what he does and feels it is a privilege to work! Dustin Hoffman is 75 and directing his first movie. Certainly Joel never wants to work full time again, but he does love working his 20-25 hours a week. Since this position ends sometimes in May, we will see what else comes his way.
I am so in like with Kari Jobe and Jeremy Riddle's music. Powerful praise songs. What kind of music do you listen to? I also enjoy Jame Taylor and David Nevue's piano music. Of course he cannot hold a candle to when our two oldest girls play....I could sit and listen to them for hours. All the kids took piano lessons~ some for a couple of years, some for many. We had a "rule" that if they wanted to be in sports they had to balance it out with music...playing piano first, and then an instrument or being in a choir at school and church. In our home lived flutes, oboes, percussion instruments and drums, a sax, and a violin. Here is the kicker.....neither Joel or I had any musical training except choir. We both wished we had. Enough said.
Have you ever noticed that as you age, gravity pulls everything down.....down....down...For me the hair on my head has taken flight and is now finding a new home on my chin, Seriously, what is that all about? I have always said that the French blood I carry has made me more hairy....I sported a "mustache" from an early age and certainly have more hair on my arms than Joel....but now this new crop of hair showing up in the wrong places is a bit annoying. And lets not even talk about how my fanny has flattened and my tummy has taken on what used to be carried in my trunk. (I guess I did talk about it didn't I). I expect many my age feel the same way and that is why the plastic surgeons live in mansions. I am very grateful to still be here and there is no way I would go under the knife to alter what time and even illness has done to this body, but there are times.....times I glance into the mirror and think who IS that person!
Did you see the YouTube video of the father of the bride speaking to the groom about his daughter. So, so touching and funny, too! And what about the man who was sleeping in his bed at home in Florida and a sink hole swallowed him, bed and all. They still have not found him. Ok, that one freaked me out and is one reason I try to avoid the news! I might as well share about the baby that was wrapped in a plastic bag and left out to die......a woman, while out walking her dog, heard the newborn girl and rescued her. The good news is that thousands of people from around the world want to adopt her! Now that I have officially stirred you up in one way or another, let's move on!
I finished another Guidepost Lighthouse series book and spent a great deal of time writing for my other blog and watching online Bible teachings. So little to watch on TV anymore. We did watch some of the Oscars last Sunday night as a distraction from my ER visit. The last Castle episode was the best we have ever seen...Great acting and a great story line. Also according to Joel it was very tense. Usually I cannot watch things that are really tense, but we decided the medication was numbing me down.....or is that dumbing me down???~since I seemed a bit detached from all the drama and Joel was the one on edge! Ha...What are you reading and watching?
Until next time...........
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