Sunday, August 31, 2008

TAKING IT EASY

ITS BEEN A WEEKEND FULL OF PARTIES AND BARB B Q, BUT INSTEAD WE DECIDE TO GO WITH A COUPLE NEIGHBORHOOD COUPLES TO THE BOUY TO EAT. TOM AND SHELLY AND CHUCK AND TONI INVITED US TO GO WITH THEM, SO BEING TIRED AND LAZY WE WERE NOT UP TO GOING TO ANY PARTYS, SO OFF WE WENT AND HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME. THE DECK WAS PACKED AS USUAL SAW A FEW CLIENTS AND OLD FRIENDS ALSO. THE WEATHER WAS BEATIFUL BY THE WATER, SO IN THE FRIG SAT MY DISH TO PASS FOR THE PARTY WE DIDNT GO TO, FELT BAD ABOUT NOT GOING BUT I KNOW IT WAS MOSTLY FAMILY THERE ANYWAYS. OH WELL. CLINT HAS BEEN BUSY AS A BEAVER TODAY. HE DROVE A HOUR AWAY YESTERDAY TO GET THE SLIDING DOOR WE WANTED AND WAS PUTTING THAT TOGETHER FOR INSTALATION TOMORROW THEN HIM AND GAVIN CARRIED A DOUBLE TREE STAND OUT IN THE WOODS AND HOOKED THEMSELVES UP FOR THE YOUTH HUNT, THAT WAS A SWEATY JOB, THEN CUT THE GRASS AND WEED WACKED, THE GUY DOESNT STOP ALWAYS LOOKING FOR STUFF TO FIX UP AND HOME IMPROVEMENT AROUIND HERE. I GET TIRED WATCHING HIM ...LOL. IM SO GLAD HE LIKES TO DO THOSE THINGS I QUESS IT MAKES HIM PROUD TO LOOK AT THIS PLACE AND SAY, YOU SHOULD OF SAW IT WHEN WE BOUGHT IT. HES JUST IS A JACK OF ALL TRADES, NOW ME I JUST FELT TIRED AND LOUNGED WENT AND GOT THE PAPER STOPPED AT A GARAGE SALE OUT THIS WAY, WHICH I GOT LUCKY AND GOT ALOT OF GOOD STUFF FOR CHEAP, THEN MADE SOME FOOD AND WATCHED A CHICK FLICK, AND OF COARSE DID LAUNDRY, AND NOW IM OFF TO SPEND THE NIGHT WITH MY MOM...NICE RELAXING DAY WHICH I HARDLY GET ANY MORE, TOMORROW I THINK ILL HAVE ALL THE KIDS AND GRANDKIDS OVER FOR A COOK OUT.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

HELPING MOM OUT

THIS HAS BEEN A REAL TRYING TIME FOR MY DEAR OLD MOTHER. SHE HAS LOST HER HUSBAND OF 65 YRS EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND MISSES HIM DEARLY EVERY DAY, YOU CAN SEE THE SADNESS WHEN SHE SPEAKS OF HIM. ALSO KNOWING A DAUGHTER IS SUFFERING WITH CANCER( NOT ONLY IN HER BREAST BUT THROUGH OUT HER STOMACH AREA AS WELL,) HAS TAKEN ANOTHER TOLL ON HER. SHE HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL THIS MONTH WITH PHEMONIA, INFECTIONS, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HEART ARITHMIA, GOUT, DEHIGHDRATED AND HAVING DIFFICULTY WALKING BECAUSE ARTHRITIS IS KICKING IN BIG TIME. BOTH HIPS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ALONG WITH THE KNEES YEARS AGO AND HAVE BEEN OVER THE TIME LIMIT OF HOW LONG THEY LAST, BUT AT 84 IS TOO FRAILE AND OLD TO HAVE MORE REPLACEMENTS. I GIVE HER SO MUCH CREDIT FOR RAISING 13 KIDS AND ALWAYS TAKING GOOD CARE OF ALL OF US. NOW IN TURN WE ARE TAKING CARE OF HER. SOMETIMES I GET WHINEY ON MY DAY OFF WHEN ITS MY TURN TO HELP, CUZ I HAVE SO MUCH TO DO THAT I HAVE TO STOP AND SAY...ENJOY THIS TIME WITH HER SHE WONT BE ON THIS EARTH FOR MUCH LONGER, THEN WHEN I GET THERE AND SEE HER I HAVE A GOOD DAY WITH HER, SHE IS GETTING MUCH BETTER AS TIME GOES ON, BUT STILL DOESNT WANT THE FEEDING TUBE, WHICH WHO CAN BLAME HER( SHE HAS HAD SEVERE ACID REFLEX FOR THE LAST 7 YRS. NOTHING MORE CAN BE DONE EXCEPT THE TUBE, BUT SHE INSIST ON JUST LEAVING THINGS AS THEY ARE. GOD BLESS HER, SHES A TROOPER AND I LOVE HER DEARLY.

Monday, August 25, 2008

EXHAUSTED

WELL BACK FROM OUR LITTLE TRIP. IT TURNED OUT TO BE PRETTY NICE WEATHER THERE, I WAS GLAD AFTER LEAVING PORT HURON ON A CLOUDY COOLER DAY. THE SUN WAS ALL DAY LONG AND I DID GET SOME COLOR BACK, YEAH...WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND WENT ON QUITE A FEW WATER RIDES. THE BOYS LOVED THE WAVE POOL AND THE GRAND RAPIDS THE BEST. NOW IF I COULD JUST GET SOMEBODY TO HELP ME WITH LAUNDRY AND PUTTING THINGS AWAY, ID BE ALL SET. BACK TO WORK TOMMOROW. AND I HAVE A LONG DAY OR SHOULD I SAY NIGHT THERE. ILL BE CALLING MY FRIEND STEPH TO CATCH UP ON SOME GIRL TALK . THEN RELAXING A BIT. A PHONE CALL I RECIEVED SAYS MY LAST AUNT ON MY FATHERS SIDE, PASSED ON TO BE WITH JESES THIS WEEK, AUNT MAY HAS BEEN SICK FOR SOME TIME NOW AND RESIDED IN FLORIDA WITH HER DAUGHTER. NOW ALL MY FATHERS FAMILY IS ONCE TOGETHER AGAIN. WOW WHAT A REUNION THAT MUST BE. MY FATHER WAS THE ONLY ONE TO LIVE WELL INTO HIS EIGHTYS OUT OF ALL HIS SIBLINGS. I THANK GOD FOR GIVING HIM TO US THAT LONG. HE WAS 86, AND I MISS HIM SO.

Saturday, August 23, 2008

ALWAYS RUSHED

WELL ITS BEEN A FEW DAYS SINCE I WAS ABLE TO SNEAK ON HERE. ITS BEEN BUSY . RAN AROUND MOST THE DAY FINISHING UP SCHOOL SHOPPING. FINALLY DONE. IVE BEEN PACKING UP FOR OUR LAST SUMMER GET-A-WAY BEFORE ITS BACK TO EARLY MORNINGS AND HOMEWORK...WERE OFF TO MICHIGAN ADVENTURES IN THE MORNING. ITS GOING TO FEEL GOOD BASKING IN THE SUNSHINE AND RELAXING FOR A CHANGE. MAYBE I CAN GET SOME COLOR BACK ON THIS PALE BODY.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

TIME FLIES

WHY IS IT WHEN WE ARE YOUNG TIME SEEMS TO STAND STILL? NOW THAT WE ARE OLDER WITH MORE RESPONDSIBILITIES THE DAY JUST FLYS BY. I DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME IN ONE DAY TO ACCOMPLISH ALL I HAVE TO DO. A FAST RECAP OF THIS YEAR (WHICH HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLE) GOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS....IN JANUARY MY WONDERFUL FATHER OF 86 YRS PASSED ON TO GO BE WITH JESUS, HE WAS A VERY STONG CARING MAN, WHO FOUGHT A LONG HARD LAST FIVE YRS OF HIS LIFE. MY MOM IS STILL SO LONELY FOR HIM. THEY WERE MARRIED 65 YRS....CAN YOU IMAGINE, NOW A DAYS THATS A MIRACLE. OK THEN MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER GETS INGAGED. MY SISTER OF ONLY 58 IS DIGNOSED WITH CACER, WHICH IS IN HER BREAST AND THROUGHOUT HER ORGANS IN HER STOMACH. MY GOOD FRIEND STEPHANIE LOSES BOTH HER BREAST TO CANCER. ANOTHER FRIEND KAREN, HAS BROUGHT HER BROTHER HOME TO LIVE OUT HIS FEW MONTHS WITH BRAIN CANCER, ONLY TO PASS AWAY THE NEXT DAY. MY MOTHER HAS BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL THREE WEEKS OUT OF THIS MONTHS WITH VARIOUS COMPLICATIONS, BUT IS HOME NOW THANK GOD. BUT NEEDS OUR HELP 24/7 TILL SHE GETS BACK ON HER FEET. WHICH AT 84 ITS NOT AS EASY TO DO. AND A VERY DEAR CLIENT OF MINE PAM, WHO HAS BEEN DEALING WITH BREAST CANCER AND HAVING MAJOR COMPLICATIONS HAS LOST HER HUSBAND OF 56 TO A HEART ATTACK LAST WEEK. WHEN I THINK OF ALL MY LOVED ONES GOING THROUGH SUCH TRYING TIMES I HAVE TO SIT BACK AND THANK GOD THAT I AM ON THE OTHER END JUST HELPING THEM GET THROUGH IT. I DONT ALWAYS GET TO DO ALL I WOULD LIKE TO FOR THEM, WITH WORKING AND STILL HAVING A CHILD AT HOME . BUT I TRY TO AT LEAST MAKE THEM FEEL LOVED, AND CONTINUE TO ASK GOD TO COMFORT THEM AND HEAL THEM. EVERY DAY I THANK GOD FOR THE CHANCE TO LIFT THIER SPIRITS IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT EACH AND EVERYONE OF THEM ARE GOING THROUGH. FEEL FREE TO PRAY FOR THEM.