tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81627517947478429922024-03-17T21:02:25.338-06:00GeeDazeeJackie Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01187407666309898021noreply@blogger.comBlogger234125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162751794747842992.post-24336701484281872162024-02-16T11:53:00.002-07:002024-02-16T11:53:25.610-07:00A little of my world<p> Hello dear friends,</p><p>Maybe it is time for me to make a post about my home decor. I don't claim to be a decorator. I love what I have and most of it is a collection of items gathered over the last 25 years.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlPCI9P4_44WAzMJj99nWVaGzS9rzuFsj0YYCviOBbDDKj7BY5g9pOfZdaDFD5TYYilP9p9xoRGGmTW6HYHaLvheUeOiWFivDf9_p7q3KLWj-MpUIszWiAVNlqVCzrXGzUSGCRd0FRY32bVGX9rCHNZPbDDpsCtr-7VNck0kd8BmskyhA-tYKGKsBZt4U/s5184/IMG_0707.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlPCI9P4_44WAzMJj99nWVaGzS9rzuFsj0YYCviOBbDDKj7BY5g9pOfZdaDFD5TYYilP9p9xoRGGmTW6HYHaLvheUeOiWFivDf9_p7q3KLWj-MpUIszWiAVNlqVCzrXGzUSGCRd0FRY32bVGX9rCHNZPbDDpsCtr-7VNck0kd8BmskyhA-tYKGKsBZt4U/w400-h300/IMG_0707.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Comfort is number one for us, function is just as important. So as I take you through my home today, you may see bits of everything. Mostly, I have plants. I love plants, especially small ones that I can grow along with.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC4RaWDeweq0B_Cnwq9_HxDkziLDLFBFHGcL-w5HwH3NYo0ze0zXWJSsXlVBSCdO6PDK5T0NGUKeyiBHiONLrwqBIAIWjEM8JmAqqfa6DJs6cnA3Lhr9zlqhUn3DLdE_aOPMCs6iKixZiaWPDaWlxj1-rUFmSUo0fB-nYt0aAtum8_HfByhQ3Edozm0E8/s5184/IMG_0705.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC4RaWDeweq0B_Cnwq9_HxDkziLDLFBFHGcL-w5HwH3NYo0ze0zXWJSsXlVBSCdO6PDK5T0NGUKeyiBHiONLrwqBIAIWjEM8JmAqqfa6DJs6cnA3Lhr9zlqhUn3DLdE_aOPMCs6iKixZiaWPDaWlxj1-rUFmSUo0fB-nYt0aAtum8_HfByhQ3Edozm0E8/w300-h400/IMG_0705.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love these carts! Thehubs hates them but when I vacuum they just roll out of the way, they store anything and can even be used outside.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtLcIkmsuRQHRw5v1_NLvaUg2G4SueC0AUP0_iAuM4tl5kHIePf8JsHZ8vvSpN-vvRkgsj-OVo0_kaOMp4Uta6dTmNI3UyHAtUXhYZVRrLMJmzHXrI6CJefWiP-4A6dcuDxFnV9th0SuGumpjzGAgXzBlEHThQOjRfLc66yBN6u1x9ZLd_b8zBcaBoTsE/s5184/IMG_0715.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2912" data-original-width="5184" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtLcIkmsuRQHRw5v1_NLvaUg2G4SueC0AUP0_iAuM4tl5kHIePf8JsHZ8vvSpN-vvRkgsj-OVo0_kaOMp4Uta6dTmNI3UyHAtUXhYZVRrLMJmzHXrI6CJefWiP-4A6dcuDxFnV9th0SuGumpjzGAgXzBlEHThQOjRfLc66yBN6u1x9ZLd_b8zBcaBoTsE/w400-h225/IMG_0715.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also love my vegetable/fruit wire bins. I have had them forever. They are great storage.</div><p>We built our home 23 years ago. Board by board, each one touched by thehubs. We had left our 3600+sq ft home with an inground pool and walkout basement, 5 bedrooms, in the city. The kids had all moved out and the big house was too much for thehubs and I. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglQ-y6TbRhKC-tpiRk3N1rSJYGcoo_D2RIo9dB3zMYmvYalBmr3_DKR3LnjO7Phqz1SRyAFPvRwq8JNP9s5Lcvsj3qwf4NCZxorH2UyLZnDtgknopphmk9LFfmPmKQpxrbCZGTnccCP92OI0_KPFTyx5hmSfMr2IPjqjgMK10bx0NgFz4bgDxjLvx5rvk/s2048/upload_69" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglQ-y6TbRhKC-tpiRk3N1rSJYGcoo_D2RIo9dB3zMYmvYalBmr3_DKR3LnjO7Phqz1SRyAFPvRwq8JNP9s5Lcvsj3qwf4NCZxorH2UyLZnDtgknopphmk9LFfmPmKQpxrbCZGTnccCP92OI0_KPFTyx5hmSfMr2IPjqjgMK10bx0NgFz4bgDxjLvx5rvk/w400-h225/upload_69" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_qIctvbahgBSp3CQqyqWraiQqQ5C4b4LxPseCk1vuqfJoB7rClgXihU6fvWO9oltpN9ArxaqLc-B5HCOOwwh5AlUWUeapYc_OFFBqURGLnc9oBRq_xyE5hpD1O0a0xSY2oI0DPl_yM58EYkIWx2VfNLnLLtQr3mTwZ5harrV10HZb5pu4rgaDzPbj5U/s2048/upload_155" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_qIctvbahgBSp3CQqyqWraiQqQ5C4b4LxPseCk1vuqfJoB7rClgXihU6fvWO9oltpN9ArxaqLc-B5HCOOwwh5AlUWUeapYc_OFFBqURGLnc9oBRq_xyE5hpD1O0a0xSY2oI0DPl_yM58EYkIWx2VfNLnLLtQr3mTwZ5harrV10HZb5pu4rgaDzPbj5U/w400-h225/upload_155" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is our back yard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">February is not a goo dmonth for pictures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today, the wind is blowing, it is 35 degrees.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Everything is brown and muddy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Typical Missouri February.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for stopping by!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">JackieSee</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">aka</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">GeeDazee</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jackie Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01187407666309898021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162751794747842992.post-49613945414609288502024-01-29T06:08:00.005-07:002024-01-29T06:08:33.489-07:00Another Monday<p> Dear Friends, I will be glad to see January come to an end. It has been cloudy, cold and wet. Our weatherman tells us that February will begin with sunshine and warmer temperatures!</p><p>The pond has been frozen for a few weeks and slowly it turns to slush. When I look outside, I am reminded of the movie Funny Farm with Chevy Chase. That movie always makes me laugh! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhct-_rfFc1l1oSXbg-Wl8S0SEtAjjCrv0f4LchXnHawITbwMV0rVwEIUXVFS2l4jM4w7CPx77Jgc5VmznDbjYAhNjoassYD8MxK1KiniwWsgEaCK9EBK_YaFUnL4OlKDjYYnzH945Qi4vR_0-4JYnSJWFaeShS-2I_ONOckGBk3Q03A9YgWK4cFcggsjs/s4080/20240129_063717.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhct-_rfFc1l1oSXbg-Wl8S0SEtAjjCrv0f4LchXnHawITbwMV0rVwEIUXVFS2l4jM4w7CPx77Jgc5VmznDbjYAhNjoassYD8MxK1KiniwWsgEaCK9EBK_YaFUnL4OlKDjYYnzH945Qi4vR_0-4JYnSJWFaeShS-2I_ONOckGBk3Q03A9YgWK4cFcggsjs/w400-h300/20240129_063717.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>We live in the country, as I have for most of my life. Life here is changing though. We now have people living here and not respecting our laws, our neighbors, our quiet or our friendliness. They are currently disobeying laws, being a problem with their neighbors and throwing their trash anywhere they want. I understand that coming across our border with no plans, no money, no direction gives them little choices. Afterall, choices are a luxury for most people. But to just throw your trash out your door onto the neighbors is not American. Then them telling the community that "There is more to come" has raised concern. You see, we are a good 30 minutes from 911. We depend on each other, on being aware and protecting each other. I pray that these new neighbors and their new community within our community learn that we need each other.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjor8YCmAIdY4vD7qiY-jb8ahFCGdq8KRtcuetGseBbSRltcqHn5QUul_BKMiH6ISnfj-q0GlpG_mOYDnLmRlt1eH1sQer2sL7QyGag-7DCoLrDJ5f2_zE1FPh-sn5jBmdUZHphln-HaDfBwlo4sGshv4kyIKZguHQZVJAKFwbuyE0odKyE8JXrysGQee0/s4080/20240112_095136.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjor8YCmAIdY4vD7qiY-jb8ahFCGdq8KRtcuetGseBbSRltcqHn5QUul_BKMiH6ISnfj-q0GlpG_mOYDnLmRlt1eH1sQer2sL7QyGag-7DCoLrDJ5f2_zE1FPh-sn5jBmdUZHphln-HaDfBwlo4sGshv4kyIKZguHQZVJAKFwbuyE0odKyE8JXrysGQee0/w300-h400/20240112_095136.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I awoke at 4 am this morning. I hurt from pain in my bones, my old bones, my not so great bones. I saw my cousin's home wake up and leave for work, then another cousin, then another. I am surrounded by family, mostly cousins younger than me, and their kids. My brother bought the land years ago and then built a pond and a private lane. He then sold lots to each of our family and we have all built new homes here. I have over 30 years of hard labor in this land, it is beautiful to sit and watch the sun rise up over our pond.</p><p>I love Mondays here. It is a quiet catch up day with all the kids back to school and work. A day for me to catch up on my thoughts and duties. My heart tachycardia seems to be less painful and less occuring, at least the intensity of it. My new hip and spine are getting stronger, at a painful and slow pace, due to being flat on my back for over 4 months. I am now only taking 2-4 tylenol per day or less. The work is paying off.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzY5rNgAmeMXDnQ9h90RvPsrigusRTrIgFbVeYOpqxzw4EROYchil8gJqldJMT6VmDq-i7LgENRt9eniJsLNc1PXzMin1XhOCJhQoLMvpT6bvmlni4QgLw4-GYP4KrBVq_msBhUuxjp6jANZ_XKBHir9v3m-ZLSbb9-qoxIF41FfMruDGfoU9RLXfWRNY/s4080/20240129_065939.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzY5rNgAmeMXDnQ9h90RvPsrigusRTrIgFbVeYOpqxzw4EROYchil8gJqldJMT6VmDq-i7LgENRt9eniJsLNc1PXzMin1XhOCJhQoLMvpT6bvmlni4QgLw4-GYP4KrBVq_msBhUuxjp6jANZ_XKBHir9v3m-ZLSbb9-qoxIF41FfMruDGfoU9RLXfWRNY/w300-h400/20240129_065939.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p>January included some purging, cleaning and organizing. My pantry, didn't get torn apart and wiped clean this year, But it did get wiped, purged and organized. I also concentrated on our bathroom cabinets. I have a very large three-mirrored medicine cabinet that is great storage. But most of the storage is in lower cabinets, which I don't bend or kneel as easy as I use to. I keep our towels in a cabinet in a corner next to the toilet. I don't like them there, too hard to twist, bend and kneel so I plan to find a way to move lesser used items into that cabinet. They have some really nice organizers available now, and its a good time to get it done.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYj2Gd1xHqrYzfFD9P_Eo1JMgqRqy5YpQ_VJIQQfZJNPShXhOtNJ_tFJVv2wOGl32M4sPHTIel0K6gFHHQqCQYXlvLazfOvxiLWTpkHq1LxctlgSvjQurEI06SlNLkdVet6Mm7D8-8h-9fBlFkT7wfn90tjUyk_bzSfcYJqAQRFJTZrh1yT-NTj82SsV8/s4080/20240129_070156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYj2Gd1xHqrYzfFD9P_Eo1JMgqRqy5YpQ_VJIQQfZJNPShXhOtNJ_tFJVv2wOGl32M4sPHTIel0K6gFHHQqCQYXlvLazfOvxiLWTpkHq1LxctlgSvjQurEI06SlNLkdVet6Mm7D8-8h-9fBlFkT7wfn90tjUyk_bzSfcYJqAQRFJTZrh1yT-NTj82SsV8/w300-h400/20240129_070156.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>It is winter, so not much going on except plans for this years garden. I wanted to order from Park seeds but wow, $50 for 5 seeds packets, had to think on that one. I still may as their quality is top notch but wow, I am having an adjustment period before pay now button is clicked. Their radish seeds are the best I have ever planted. I want to plant peas, radishes, lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes and maybe potatoes. Also I will need the flowers and herbs to draw in the pollinators! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB08M-PL6tF6IQAwocBwbMj5Aljv-6JiyJLNZ7_5iLDJTL_6XFEpwhfR9KoiNdIyZ7BBpFPkAUjfgtNZUakrTE19fIye3gfpRbB1vFxtHVyvrWMwo6BRO6MS9vHk5ND5QYH5JNvZ8K6njJgJufNS-bdriR7veSqgdBeKB_FvkTmDV1vKoVx70ioInArXc/s4080/20240129_070044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB08M-PL6tF6IQAwocBwbMj5Aljv-6JiyJLNZ7_5iLDJTL_6XFEpwhfR9KoiNdIyZ7BBpFPkAUjfgtNZUakrTE19fIye3gfpRbB1vFxtHVyvrWMwo6BRO6MS9vHk5ND5QYH5JNvZ8K6njJgJufNS-bdriR7veSqgdBeKB_FvkTmDV1vKoVx70ioInArXc/w300-h400/20240129_070044.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Our Kansas City Chiefs are going to the SuperBowl!!!! Yea, we love KC! We live about 2 hours south and we take short trips to the city to shop and eat great food. KC Barbecue, yum!!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCY7F_t1f-yPh9bg3qbQYMeoiKqcT72Sb86tKONHmQbz0c3eil_runBwEiWTYAdUUjM1fjad8Z8hK3C3S27AwKEO2HL4PIm2adef3R1Q7qKXT8q4MCJpp-bk-a4rTFH_XD48YTqmnyWYyWRFsXNByyWWhX44hhQSjlB0Ye9BddIyrLKR2xQP79V0xh9hc/s200/signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="74" data-original-width="200" height="74" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCY7F_t1f-yPh9bg3qbQYMeoiKqcT72Sb86tKONHmQbz0c3eil_runBwEiWTYAdUUjM1fjad8Z8hK3C3S27AwKEO2HL4PIm2adef3R1Q7qKXT8q4MCJpp-bk-a4rTFH_XD48YTqmnyWYyWRFsXNByyWWhX44hhQSjlB0Ye9BddIyrLKR2xQP79V0xh9hc/s1600/signature.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">aka: jackiesee</div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jackie Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01187407666309898021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162751794747842992.post-64203212579244207002024-01-11T19:25:00.000-07:002024-01-11T19:25:15.904-07:00Talking to Myself<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b> It's going to get very cold in the next few days. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>That is not unusual for January. Thehubs has his 75th Birthday Sunday and we had planned to spend a nice evening at the local casino. But, the Chiefs play Saturday night and this weather will be so cold. Instead we will have a few people over to watch the game and I will prepare appetizers. I am thinking spinach artichoke dip, pickle roll ups, wings, maybe chili with red velvet cake for his sweet birthday.</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxxND9F_wWkmWyVKP5hODko4pe5qhjgb23M-wP6_1b4tGUhezZ3K-xtURZ-dkzxFZ2_lfgBhMzt4TWwsY47fdH4Gd5fmYiEgIxzoSG-AcVjpV62FAs6WrDOT5R87C3Lkg4XSydyww6cCpx7MkOJeInUv3TnkB_D46QSnq-GCkrWdwIVoQVHzzT2RNMpGI/s2048/black%20white%20ice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1561" data-original-width="2048" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxxND9F_wWkmWyVKP5hODko4pe5qhjgb23M-wP6_1b4tGUhezZ3K-xtURZ-dkzxFZ2_lfgBhMzt4TWwsY47fdH4Gd5fmYiEgIxzoSG-AcVjpV62FAs6WrDOT5R87C3Lkg4XSydyww6cCpx7MkOJeInUv3TnkB_D46QSnq-GCkrWdwIVoQVHzzT2RNMpGI/s320/black%20white%20ice.jpg" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>I am still healing from my spine and hip surgeries.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>I am progressing very well and just have to be patient. I didn't know that carrying something in your hands while walking could be so hard. I will be using my bone stimulator another 4 months for 2 hours a day. I am lucky I have always done stretches and rotations for my fibromyalgia. This has been a big benefit in my recovery.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgenmC2V_a67TTwUrTYB3fpHoTK-f1YrdiDNPYeC7n_Y7HiHtREcAAkYc02ewRkarR6Hoja094jMyPdkL3-6eV2qmePR9jE7wrApm7xQpEgMDMykVzoqVePW_m6ZnIeWggOT54ehUzw5LoFO54n3GdiXRIAKOuwIaAJVaVbB0q0xfV2qnEtiYcPbFTl6iA/s220/mental-health-matters-your-mind-matters.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="220" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgenmC2V_a67TTwUrTYB3fpHoTK-f1YrdiDNPYeC7n_Y7HiHtREcAAkYc02ewRkarR6Hoja094jMyPdkL3-6eV2qmePR9jE7wrApm7xQpEgMDMykVzoqVePW_m6ZnIeWggOT54ehUzw5LoFO54n3GdiXRIAKOuwIaAJVaVbB0q0xfV2qnEtiYcPbFTl6iA/s1600/mental-health-matters-your-mind-matters.gif" width="220" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>My mental health is getting better. I just started a new anxiety medicine and so far it is helping with a few side effects. Hopefully I won't be on it long. I have had a hard time picking myself up after these few months of so much pain. I do know that a younger body heals faster than this old one. I have been tested and I am working to get better. I have a great psychologist and she is opening my eyes to what I had lost when we buried our kids these past few years. We are still lost at the holidays. It is hard to say that I am no longer a mom, it hurts, and I need to find my own identity. 2024 will be interesting. I am walking in uncharted territory.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiScIQ9QsvS4LvVN5U7FbbHyEsOKvHrIWuZ61unSJFupEsI0JC8rpFqqBTdp8wou-Dqcn0rKz8Xwvv5ebmT7EzeFEzJ1amfL6td-2E2MRjndnx9uxFW_qWZZ99WV9e6wrT1epY4qGDxEeiHdVO_9Nu_s3EvWMFreXKKiHjv_CZX4Nk6y89mdLXrJOYQ2gE/s275/images.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiScIQ9QsvS4LvVN5U7FbbHyEsOKvHrIWuZ61unSJFupEsI0JC8rpFqqBTdp8wou-Dqcn0rKz8Xwvv5ebmT7EzeFEzJ1amfL6td-2E2MRjndnx9uxFW_qWZZ99WV9e6wrT1epY4qGDxEeiHdVO_9Nu_s3EvWMFreXKKiHjv_CZX4Nk6y89mdLXrJOYQ2gE/s1600/images.png" width="275" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>My word for 2024 is kindness. I want to be more kind, be surrounded by kind souls, feel the kindness of others and give kindness first. I also plan to remove myself from unkind conversations or events. My second word is fun. I want more fun, to be more fun and to laugh more.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH70cmVW5MwrFAEvNHre2F7MnKwrAeYMoVUellMgJkZCfqwvgcWsoKv0TSlJ1xrn5_kHM2G_j3_NQ73PUfDg5xY7a0TdmIygKXQU3uRh6LncSvxeWLQMLrLJbA7Ce-BRBfVsMQ3IkM40_q6Huenx6SiHeWuZAHniUmHuRHV2NfZ07EcLCz3SOTa_HZVgM/s154/positive%20image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="154" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH70cmVW5MwrFAEvNHre2F7MnKwrAeYMoVUellMgJkZCfqwvgcWsoKv0TSlJ1xrn5_kHM2G_j3_NQ73PUfDg5xY7a0TdmIygKXQU3uRh6LncSvxeWLQMLrLJbA7Ce-BRBfVsMQ3IkM40_q6Huenx6SiHeWuZAHniUmHuRHV2NfZ07EcLCz3SOTa_HZVgM/s1600/positive%20image.jpg" width="154" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEJ0CsfsLgbk0reIKQ10P1b9KickFC29bKDUUJfo1UHEAbYuAlawD0u37sk8XmXVKVcW3OWpVpJq6fprERa3sCoyLrO4yt-CThyphenhyphenU_amx3_0p6BbwHGBOzpcDYUh7UxiqF1Fin0ZfFvmvvvtRplrgV9OlLj1g8ytESJmXJvFQnnHzXF7V-vp6SG2VPMKM/s400/1a%20Dazee%20signature%20rose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="400" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEJ0CsfsLgbk0reIKQ10P1b9KickFC29bKDUUJfo1UHEAbYuAlawD0u37sk8XmXVKVcW3OWpVpJq6fprERa3sCoyLrO4yt-CThyphenhyphenU_amx3_0p6BbwHGBOzpcDYUh7UxiqF1Fin0ZfFvmvvvtRplrgV9OlLj1g8ytESJmXJvFQnnHzXF7V-vp6SG2VPMKM/s320/1a%20Dazee%20signature%20rose.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Jackie Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01187407666309898021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162751794747842992.post-26796694596689497182023-09-24T12:54:00.002-06:002023-09-24T12:54:25.860-06:00Hodge Podge answers<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #666666;">Joining in over at</span></span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #666666;">From this Side of the Pond Blog</span></span></b></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #666666;">Hodgepodge Questions</span></span></b></div></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #666666;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #666666;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #666666;"><b>1. If your life had a theme song for this past year what would it be? </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #666666;">I can't think of any particular song. I like all different kinds of music. My favorite, I guess, would be Chris Stapleton's Music. The National Anthem at last year's superbowl made me so emotional.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #666666;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #666666; font-family: courier; font-size: large;">2. Chocolate cake, chocolate milkshake, chocolate ice cream, chocolate truffle, chocolate mousse, chocolate candy bar or a fudgy chocolate brownie...of the chocolate treats listed, which one is your favorite? Which one have you tasted most recently? Or maybe you don't like chocolate???</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">All of the above. I love sweets.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #666666; font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></b></div><div style="color: #666666; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><b>3. What has surprised you recently? </b></span></div><div style="color: #666666; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">The lack of respect and compassion breeding in our society, a lack of trust in our government, the invasion of single males walking into our county from other countries.</span></div><div style="color: #666666; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #666666; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><b>4. September 19th is National Voter Registration Day in the US. Are you registered to vote in whatever state or country you happen to live in right now? If not, why not? Not counting a political race, what's something you've had to vote on recently? </b></span></div><div style="color: #666666; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">We live out in the country so we do not vote on any city ballots. We never vote for regulations, limits, or fees that others in the city experience. I vote no on any new taxes, they never have enough, ever! Our school taxes are enormous.</span></div><div style="color: #666666; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #666666; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><b>5. Do you like to hike? If so, when's the last time you went hiking and where'd ya go? If you're not a hiker are you a walker? Is walking (for exercise, etc.) part of your daily/weekly routine? </b></span></div><div style="color: #666666; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">I have not hiked in several years due to cranky bones. Tomorrow I am getting spine surgery that should help with that. We are surrounded by woods and creeks so I can hike just about anywhere I want.</span></div><div style="color: #666666; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #666666; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><b>6. Insert your own random thought here. </b></span></div><div style="color: #666666; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #666666; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #666666; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00j-3VezzqOlzumkB8HoVnjKrcF-pXFp8VZXO0YRGFT0CyQ4AmKnULpRBx1hgQEpYYbjmVsBba1P2QmCydmJwb6I8LBo9DKjtBeitAbiQo9StwG2pQwCoZlyJ137AV5t68gVjnHS5Yv3Lx-_pORJqjVSUF1PM_BmSUh5eq_U886Z13qynSbyOG7S4aK8/s419/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="236" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00j-3VezzqOlzumkB8HoVnjKrcF-pXFp8VZXO0YRGFT0CyQ4AmKnULpRBx1hgQEpYYbjmVsBba1P2QmCydmJwb6I8LBo9DKjtBeitAbiQo9StwG2pQwCoZlyJ137AV5t68gVjnHS5Yv3Lx-_pORJqjVSUF1PM_BmSUh5eq_U886Z13qynSbyOG7S4aK8/w360-h640/0.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></span></div>Jackie Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01187407666309898021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162751794747842992.post-89511743120309016032023-08-07T11:26:00.005-06:002023-08-07T11:26:50.212-06:00Another Monday - Hello August!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Good Morning Neighbors.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">August is here and I am excited for fall.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I hope I will be able to walk again without pain soon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">My hip surgery is scheduled for the 17th and I pray the pain will be gone shortly after.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I am joining in with Sandra over at</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Family Corner Blog for her </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://familycorner.blogspot.com/2023/08/happy-homemaker-monday-08072023.html">HAPPY HOMEMAKER MONDAY!</a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://familycorner.blogspot.com/2023/08/happy-homemaker-monday-08072023.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="453" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGH2HFWpQO1T-tUUAe7RaZzb2eUEPugQcC1OYJCnvoZRYSNKvdkw5Ta1MK7Pq72foi6wZeThs1chxbikpmB0_B2I9AiaXax4Q-eWq_UiVzqfEuOQjj6-Uk3N1BA9An_NtgbeLTNyIeKneu5pukWOkTWTZXw4n1pFVehtr0QGq8DXNdkhK43CUwG7aYse0/w384-h400/happyhomemakermonday%20summer%202023.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>THE WEATHER:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Better than July, hot but tolerable, overcast skies and a nice breeze.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">We might get rain on Tuesday but this is the Ozarks and</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Mother Nature is moody, very moody!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiejW-1TJP1cxMSYK_uT7xpXL3u4Xyh0lMCsggA33wHv2FquiAhs5hv7Dql6rjXpfN6Dk-aNpmdgrSmjC6bW8CNvYszHg70pPT9rTdEpRneWntV_cY8OWa_qdiXFmnJFlZIG0wVcRcWNjgjymqk8JJ6Ml82lP9vumP9XiYuMlHo_Z-FNpFJge7OuvG8vf8/s3264/20230806_111517.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiejW-1TJP1cxMSYK_uT7xpXL3u4Xyh0lMCsggA33wHv2FquiAhs5hv7Dql6rjXpfN6Dk-aNpmdgrSmjC6bW8CNvYszHg70pPT9rTdEpRneWntV_cY8OWa_qdiXFmnJFlZIG0wVcRcWNjgjymqk8JJ6Ml82lP9vumP9XiYuMlHo_Z-FNpFJge7OuvG8vf8/w300-h400/20230806_111517.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>OUT MY WINDOW:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Sitting at my dining table I can see our pond, blooming red flowers and kayaks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Thehubs and I have created a beautiful yard and landscape.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3w-0-b13-YVODqvgK5e0KPg5L3uDXhmKVTm12Z3Qzc0mVkzBfeK3BrF5ILJtjEv1fMNeaiCFqxyRXrV2bbYXSt_7kna_DG7c50FG7QeG-OIhF7uAuBObUeSgBEguJkLURhyou1xQ1D1hWeMc2ijC9Uai0unwXPNWTtcU4LPq1PjcAhr1Tf6vsD1V6318/s3264/20230806_111629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3w-0-b13-YVODqvgK5e0KPg5L3uDXhmKVTm12Z3Qzc0mVkzBfeK3BrF5ILJtjEv1fMNeaiCFqxyRXrV2bbYXSt_7kna_DG7c50FG7QeG-OIhF7uAuBObUeSgBEguJkLURhyou1xQ1D1hWeMc2ijC9Uai0unwXPNWTtcU4LPq1PjcAhr1Tf6vsD1V6318/w300-h400/20230806_111629.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>RIGHT NOW I AM:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Blogging, reading and drinking coffee. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Our sinuses are stuffed so we are waiting for our sinus medication to kick in.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Kitty has been outside and is now asleep in her bed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Thehubs is working in his office and the house is quiet.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvHP-Xhlzfe9o_ewjmUCMWsjo7BqKjXDKFLdc-plpeoSRGfLjlO4up4CW8SOo_uUhwuSM2C38-eR5J2ob9dlC3INf5HYaIfEN7hVPda2s4e90t78B7pwvkxfBZsd7W6Nqkq-vS0fFY_wwD39RhwYLr8LAK89NzEyHuNacfLUeUsHfb7G9uGUwPri0_KM/s3264/20230806_111642.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvHP-Xhlzfe9o_ewjmUCMWsjo7BqKjXDKFLdc-plpeoSRGfLjlO4up4CW8SOo_uUhwuSM2C38-eR5J2ob9dlC3INf5HYaIfEN7hVPda2s4e90t78B7pwvkxfBZsd7W6Nqkq-vS0fFY_wwD39RhwYLr8LAK89NzEyHuNacfLUeUsHfb7G9uGUwPri0_KM/w300-h400/20230806_111642.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>THINKING AND PONDERING:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Boredom. A list of house work. Laundry. Pain in my hip, back and legs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">This summer has been spent inside using a walker and I have had very little communication to and from my normal world. Work ethic is big here in Missouri. If my hip wasn't bone on bone, I would have been outside working with the others. It has been a very lonely summer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Our 25th Wedding Anniversary was a bad memory and how to change the trajectory of our future.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Praying that our 26th Wedding Anniversary is a good memory.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcsYXsAZ8w_VHsBvTI2nsCASEGbNAUcCYPHUhn89Esg0H-R04p3ozU9Jta_k63tK6rTTli9-vJvFoL2noCh4cA-VDhWM2-tmLSSzO3Eh3PFs4LeYV0k3fo7SaYW4IhD5qISWIIdOqf5joFUse9Zs-DWpieN_qvrfe-gqDhYH0hSklxY4dRA27iDGUTSP4/s3264/20230806_111822.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcsYXsAZ8w_VHsBvTI2nsCASEGbNAUcCYPHUhn89Esg0H-R04p3ozU9Jta_k63tK6rTTli9-vJvFoL2noCh4cA-VDhWM2-tmLSSzO3Eh3PFs4LeYV0k3fo7SaYW4IhD5qISWIIdOqf5joFUse9Zs-DWpieN_qvrfe-gqDhYH0hSklxY4dRA27iDGUTSP4/s320/20230806_111822.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>LISTENING TO:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Nothing but quiet.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The sound of my home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The wonderful cool air blowing through the air vents.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>HOW AM I FEELING:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Pain, stopped up nose, ringing ears.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Like an alien in my own body.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Confused, too much stress and too little relief from it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXy0Y3kYiPwhLoutsBZ22WximyjSNu2qZ8LbWcvrJEBRdYbETFEP0eX7Eq76G6DhqWuHy2fvUlNsxpjbS8jDJcg_aQaZZHjQu_ZAvWRgp8rkwX1QE67KuOrhu-yuipjfMaal3x-SObXZHG6YlCYHRURcUO_Kaz9AYRe0Ild41DUCuYV840pIqkgRIwsQ/s3264/20230806_111714.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXy0Y3kYiPwhLoutsBZ22WximyjSNu2qZ8LbWcvrJEBRdYbETFEP0eX7Eq76G6DhqWuHy2fvUlNsxpjbS8jDJcg_aQaZZHjQu_ZAvWRgp8rkwX1QE67KuOrhu-yuipjfMaal3x-SObXZHG6YlCYHRURcUO_Kaz9AYRe0Ild41DUCuYV840pIqkgRIwsQ/s320/20230806_111714.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>FOOD:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I have a freezer full of meat, and a pantry full of vegetables.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The fresh vegetables are tapering off.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I fried sweet potatoes last night for the first time and they were delicious.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Too hard to plan right now, our eating schedule is eat whenever.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The benefit of retirement I guess.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>WHAT AM I WEARING:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Long gown pajamas with soft socks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">My favorite would be jeans and t-shirt.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>ON MY READING PILE:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Blogs, Instagram</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja7X1v4wGEb_v1xNYnd_kTrbmZw0ds2oNTUBF-MOFs4dhiXi-brVlGbPkgRPTY4XmDiL8LX0iUiueK69b5fiCMGg4oZBr04v_R0Pc1uWLOOOSBlYLfBgwhN47xqN7p74CrAWgrATBN8_2qNhEjwyAEygF1A_4eZv09Tfe0WXgcLvxexMOOtttgBDgG1Gc/s3264/20230806_111702(0).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja7X1v4wGEb_v1xNYnd_kTrbmZw0ds2oNTUBF-MOFs4dhiXi-brVlGbPkgRPTY4XmDiL8LX0iUiueK69b5fiCMGg4oZBr04v_R0Pc1uWLOOOSBlYLfBgwhN47xqN7p74CrAWgrATBN8_2qNhEjwyAEygF1A_4eZv09Tfe0WXgcLvxexMOOtttgBDgG1Gc/s320/20230806_111702(0).jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>ON MY TV THIS WEEK:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Nothing, we rarely watch it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Too much want, too much sex, too much of too much of everything.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>ON THE MENU:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Not sure, have lots of food and will decide each day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwFw8wZV5nnY2KhZBARClrAPhJYrDmyROd9hJiwAL2Wpojc5D_WfKyl4-s_E6r2eep0qO_gwyUDtAN39d3-wUxdwnOsUPLKFmn8uTnTsGcS0rs2ChIuGT9NMiojN7Ojr0eJC2A_C6QXaWGRFYfTr_-IY5VIc_aR6iSb8qr4aNuc7OMFOwWmQQWeZetn4/s3264/20230806_111646.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwFw8wZV5nnY2KhZBARClrAPhJYrDmyROd9hJiwAL2Wpojc5D_WfKyl4-s_E6r2eep0qO_gwyUDtAN39d3-wUxdwnOsUPLKFmn8uTnTsGcS0rs2ChIuGT9NMiojN7Ojr0eJC2A_C6QXaWGRFYfTr_-IY5VIc_aR6iSb8qr4aNuc7OMFOwWmQQWeZetn4/w300-h400/20230806_111646.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>LOOKING AROUND THE HOUSE:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The house is good.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Dishes, laundry, general pickup and of course dirty toilets.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I will be needing to repot some plants.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Our bed is on the floor due to my hip so</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">my bedroom looks a bit un-done.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I ordered two prints from Kirklands for my birthday.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I love them but am hitting a blank when it comes to hanging them.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I hope to get my fall decor down this week.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I am hoping it cheers me up.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>TO DO LIST:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Get some new glasses.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Paint light over kitchen sink.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Cook a meal for our neighbor that is so helpful.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Mail a card to a friend in need of some uplifting words.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Take Mom for ice cream.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>DEVOTION:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpwPPVa0EWN4pb03drhHHsFc4AX_vJGOOiEai8ez0C7x0msKOv9ujeA1vRW1ILANpllDs6YSaqzWwDPOogHnANwTnNYsPhqXF1IFskZud71rtRM16Do9dEnQ2AQIhNBu64j-3z_kh1p3SKLdFusEHYfgBCs6j3rXOnAoe5V13wY2nf-SwYG4GOaC0nko/s713/337283758_610144747624543_4031803473989189840_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="570" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpwPPVa0EWN4pb03drhHHsFc4AX_vJGOOiEai8ez0C7x0msKOv9ujeA1vRW1ILANpllDs6YSaqzWwDPOogHnANwTnNYsPhqXF1IFskZud71rtRM16Do9dEnQ2AQIhNBu64j-3z_kh1p3SKLdFusEHYfgBCs6j3rXOnAoe5V13wY2nf-SwYG4GOaC0nko/s320/337283758_610144747624543_4031803473989189840_n.jpg" width="256" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Thank you for coming over to visit. I am glad you stopped by.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Jackie See</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">aka GeeDazee</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Jackie Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01187407666309898021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162751794747842992.post-59805520073832303512023-07-31T12:26:00.004-06:002023-07-31T12:26:59.803-06:00Another Monday - the end of July<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Today is the last day of July and I think everyone is glad to see it go. This week's temperature outside is expected to reach 108 degrees. I have had an outdoor thermometer for almost 20 years and this is the first time it's used three digits. To sum it up, July was HOT, painfully hot.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br />I turned 65 and with that came all of the medicare mail. I am very popular right now with medicare solicitors. They call, they email, and the mail box if full. So confusing, but I stayed to the helm and managed to get one that fits my needs. Now to notify all the medical angels that are in my life.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">We lost a dear friend yesterday to a brain bleed after a fall. Another reminder to get out and visit all those who hold a place in my heart. However, as I age and my body fails, this is not an easy trip.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I also found out that I am in extreme need of two surgeries, hip replacement and 3 spinal fusions (I already have two). This will be my23rd and 24th surgery so nothing is going to surprise me. But, this is the first time I have had to wait in a line for 2 months to get in. In pain, and waiting my turn, another 2 months to go.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Now on to Happy Homemaker link up:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Come and join the party by linking up with</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">www.familycorner.blogspot.com</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZzv-6tBC-onogM06BBYUhlkHeuWwfBUX2lDjIL8D6K4CsSv_qihZQ1aJ2Zu0ur1AIw2rRgRXGOfbTxvH75ODRwU6MitsEDPvbDg3YUrQbY8T6d2Hbbl6jPCCaMV9Qj_CZyS_vb17yY5oxsz1e3TBjomTEcG4Aim6Z19uo5cZXRTDTdOWo2v_ROtQW8U/s472/happyhomemakermonday%20summer%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="453" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZzv-6tBC-onogM06BBYUhlkHeuWwfBUX2lDjIL8D6K4CsSv_qihZQ1aJ2Zu0ur1AIw2rRgRXGOfbTxvH75ODRwU6MitsEDPvbDg3YUrQbY8T6d2Hbbl6jPCCaMV9Qj_CZyS_vb17yY5oxsz1e3TBjomTEcG4Aim6Z19uo5cZXRTDTdOWo2v_ROtQW8U/w384-h400/happyhomemakermonday%20summer%202023.jpg" width="384" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The weather:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">inside it will be 76 degree and I pray that our ac unit survives. I also pray for those who are going to have to choose between paying their electric bill and other necessities. There are a lot seniors suffering with this economy right now and a $300-$400 electric bill will take a large percentage of their social security.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1AAnfsPqxXWANmnpz9XD1wBC5cC5ZLk47hJDcxyYDBShoQyT0TTwsDhQL7fefVZ86lAmQ4I3IpCFOhDLAWF9RZHtAYhHsQj7ZaUCBXa1Jjadp3jun5VHEzxdcUFN-I6S_O2sRO-vpD2XQyRXhhrozDmFI2-sorC7GwjV-f1W-Q8zz7Jqsu5Tl72R7Aco/s1246/pickle%20vodka.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1246" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1AAnfsPqxXWANmnpz9XD1wBC5cC5ZLk47hJDcxyYDBShoQyT0TTwsDhQL7fefVZ86lAmQ4I3IpCFOhDLAWF9RZHtAYhHsQj7ZaUCBXa1Jjadp3jun5VHEzxdcUFN-I6S_O2sRO-vpD2XQyRXhhrozDmFI2-sorC7GwjV-f1W-Q8zz7Jqsu5Tl72R7Aco/w375-h400/pickle%20vodka.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Out my window:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Looking out my dining room window, I can see the gorgeous flower pots of geraniums and hibiscus still blooming. I love this view, even though our back covered patio is really thehubs mancave. In between flowers you will find yard tools, work gloves, shoes and a beer fridge! He loves it out there and usually has evening guests that stop by for a cold beer and to say hello.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijETCTgOUtZrG3pa2mNGvnlB2kpnwOZuXCU4xz2uHurgAsaueNL94qSoFc12dvmXOS9KXfG9hhcKXX85kOIYWRjqDwu14PfWV_lKfLriT_04UN0HT6bcyR-sKczGIVZtLvsZZnbJeSVfxSBrKSX48649PGvs1dRpVzMDeQZuTEKNPcTiDz8My0AYV_alQ/s3264/20230702_121606.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijETCTgOUtZrG3pa2mNGvnlB2kpnwOZuXCU4xz2uHurgAsaueNL94qSoFc12dvmXOS9KXfG9hhcKXX85kOIYWRjqDwu14PfWV_lKfLriT_04UN0HT6bcyR-sKczGIVZtLvsZZnbJeSVfxSBrKSX48649PGvs1dRpVzMDeQZuTEKNPcTiDz8My0AYV_alQ/w300-h400/20230702_121606.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Right now I am:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Doing laundry, dishes, preparing files for phone calls this afternoon, and emptying my mind of words. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-tuE5w9APBpMwVGESXnFQ-ppJdS_IJpMr0ksz1qHWfEM7EJ1hdE0yesITO4t3aQCezWvQaiTFtUuCOoOe9DstKyv7eqJ-PwLLCUX4JjQQ3Xd_PFe90y_hdvlMPJE9b8MqyrBQIvmc30dGs1Z9i3b6wTXeazfdVsCdSR-RCiknTBy4v18c_rJrbjZphQw/s3264/20230710_104407.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-tuE5w9APBpMwVGESXnFQ-ppJdS_IJpMr0ksz1qHWfEM7EJ1hdE0yesITO4t3aQCezWvQaiTFtUuCOoOe9DstKyv7eqJ-PwLLCUX4JjQQ3Xd_PFe90y_hdvlMPJE9b8MqyrBQIvmc30dGs1Z9i3b6wTXeazfdVsCdSR-RCiknTBy4v18c_rJrbjZphQw/w300-h400/20230710_104407.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Thinking and Pondering:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">How full of words I am and how it all feels raw. I want to get out of this survival mindset. I really need a break from my environment, the past year it hasn't been healthy for me. I've dreamed of getting in my car and driving away not even knowing where I am going, just driving. Then I wake up and everything is the same. Thinking about losing my legs and not being able to walk or work, scary thoughts right now.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVoAK2OMlt95L9vat_kdPY1GBC2hV6eCgvUbz5jkH3FDsbHxxdbHv74j7laMRvPGwgbjvYtULRbpP18GNPmd61K9jUGpRShkpta3mfh_2IdrTmgjQ1ZCaO4kRgP8nbGJEPHt8VX3TxVm6RRezTy1Yynfh0PzM3LL2U_zUzyY1fqyZPQP6eiin20f__xgg/s3264/20230710_104500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVoAK2OMlt95L9vat_kdPY1GBC2hV6eCgvUbz5jkH3FDsbHxxdbHv74j7laMRvPGwgbjvYtULRbpP18GNPmd61K9jUGpRShkpta3mfh_2IdrTmgjQ1ZCaO4kRgP8nbGJEPHt8VX3TxVm6RRezTy1Yynfh0PzM3LL2U_zUzyY1fqyZPQP6eiin20f__xgg/w300-h400/20230710_104500.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Listening to:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">My washer, dryer and dishwasher and the ringing in my ears. It is now harvest season for local fields and the dust in the air is high which makes our eyes itch, ear ring and our sinuses stuffy.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_iKxNeUYXpkUIlDfND64eC8sn8YjQ4sXKTNM9RkocJxYvett9ySH0e8VG3LI7sRcDU9PczFi96IYx5jrJMKUntKzpucs7ki-7adxcY4mv4A9lsYOgTb4TVf_VUbFhoyUWoXI7Gu0i9_AEfmMHvquefIOblCrs1VJPmhA9f2Ksac3kh1W9FCERDZwy2xc/s3264/20230710_104550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_iKxNeUYXpkUIlDfND64eC8sn8YjQ4sXKTNM9RkocJxYvett9ySH0e8VG3LI7sRcDU9PczFi96IYx5jrJMKUntKzpucs7ki-7adxcY4mv4A9lsYOgTb4TVf_VUbFhoyUWoXI7Gu0i9_AEfmMHvquefIOblCrs1VJPmhA9f2Ksac3kh1W9FCERDZwy2xc/w300-h400/20230710_104550.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">How am I feeling:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Trying to empty and organize my thoughts today. So many to do's and no one to help. It's lonely when you lose your children.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtrB2um2TxS9GJwYDNHOnwWrNg2lEsPfsVDgL3P1ELE40bJ-m8jcQFDo7Fr11QB_HIC60uFoSsPNZtclXQrlBH72RoJxRSoTQN1ZHCCfAhFtj5-b0pD__ZNvWYB7sJjHpp__0KB4avL60XwWf6L6cvjx-07-EtB-iaXzYXffItd8V_wNTietEOaMlDrA0/s5184/IMG_0562.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtrB2um2TxS9GJwYDNHOnwWrNg2lEsPfsVDgL3P1ELE40bJ-m8jcQFDo7Fr11QB_HIC60uFoSsPNZtclXQrlBH72RoJxRSoTQN1ZHCCfAhFtj5-b0pD__ZNvWYB7sJjHpp__0KB4avL60XwWf6L6cvjx-07-EtB-iaXzYXffItd8V_wNTietEOaMlDrA0/w400-h300/IMG_0562.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Food:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I have a refrigerator full of food. BBQ pork steak, Grilled filet mignon, grilled vegetables, fresh vegetables from our garden and several bags of delicious fruit. I am not a good eater. I lost my colon, then have had more surgeries that have ended up with me having a belly full of scar tissue. I eat about every two hours, small portions. I usually divide a meal for thehubs into small portions for me and I eat one vegetable at a time throughout my day. At the end of the day I have eaten a full meal, just in 2 hour increments. I can't lose a damn pound... because I drink a gallon and of milk and 2 days. I love milk.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNy23XdARCN_p0fR9TKq2GBor5KxDvLKI3QkgDOtTZZcEw99_7nUUkl-4KAwXm2c6SBU7UXZf60I4l7ODhC0pzzVb32weKApw_oWGKrJmLbgseHcf4G8peNSyfrPrXjYAIIkaUFMJHr5mi_-GMBkqOWuMHpgTPcDzsbcfTSTNhP0YrEwu1Bg--It3M9hc/s2048/geraniums.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNy23XdARCN_p0fR9TKq2GBor5KxDvLKI3QkgDOtTZZcEw99_7nUUkl-4KAwXm2c6SBU7UXZf60I4l7ODhC0pzzVb32weKApw_oWGKrJmLbgseHcf4G8peNSyfrPrXjYAIIkaUFMJHr5mi_-GMBkqOWuMHpgTPcDzsbcfTSTNhP0YrEwu1Bg--It3M9hc/s320/geraniums.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">What I am wearing: Lounging pajamas. I am cleaning house, even with a walker, and trying to get it finished before I need to make phone calls this afternoon.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDjHSlD4DUlKZUxU7zkXYrqtzyLUQkN3a7l7KZ5dD3euiBKHLWTSnkmyTKD8pd9eTufgLrChuLARk_AMnW3dyn_K6WxYdq001ezUb6oEDSEYPFAKe3HCg0ckq61p8FIlvTdWZNeWpvgh-_PY7N6iZ_FyUk2lVUsN1LI4yKaH73WSNhPyH556VuQWRW2w/s5184/IMG_0571.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDjHSlD4DUlKZUxU7zkXYrqtzyLUQkN3a7l7KZ5dD3euiBKHLWTSnkmyTKD8pd9eTufgLrChuLARk_AMnW3dyn_K6WxYdq001ezUb6oEDSEYPFAKe3HCg0ckq61p8FIlvTdWZNeWpvgh-_PY7N6iZ_FyUk2lVUsN1LI4yKaH73WSNhPyH556VuQWRW2w/w400-h300/IMG_0571.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">On my reading pile:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">My journal and some blogs. I enjoy reading everyday people doing everyday things. Like walking next door and having a glass of iced tea.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNm7wo2FimfNnsSlqHtXTZje0hQNRQpc4t2KHPAI8sYwG0lQ6_FocigxYZuhj0jjqTl4R40FNS-tmQ6L8XImF_YjmhmG0O_NwHZb5GJsKza5q7t_KM0PsTCiEEBsmdcLrUitcSSU-6C3bJTNXDNLVRXvtbaGuCnUNz9hjoGqRyOcuRMnzt1mduLCPKlA/s5184/IMG_0623.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNm7wo2FimfNnsSlqHtXTZje0hQNRQpc4t2KHPAI8sYwG0lQ6_FocigxYZuhj0jjqTl4R40FNS-tmQ6L8XImF_YjmhmG0O_NwHZb5GJsKza5q7t_KM0PsTCiEEBsmdcLrUitcSSU-6C3bJTNXDNLVRXvtbaGuCnUNz9hjoGqRyOcuRMnzt1mduLCPKlA/w300-h400/IMG_0623.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">On my tv this week:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I don't watch much television. I use to watch the news but turned that off when I felt I was being told what they wanted me to hear. So we just leave it turned off. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_KAk38tegYWjQGon97nF2KTpkHcBariz0PNaHoO1FtJi_VXhTyCeJ5RRQbg8gZkhov_wU9kBKsGhsG-2S949beu4ldD1QZlL8X1ITZKKIHTZX4duU5KVe3_v4U38hIJI79sqgrFpAxsHPJx5cadnU57_B5zmw2hUfqbf8uU_T8FAK2SNAxHDpXuOo5fc/s574/bebcec75e7353da799c6de4fbab91019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="564" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_KAk38tegYWjQGon97nF2KTpkHcBariz0PNaHoO1FtJi_VXhTyCeJ5RRQbg8gZkhov_wU9kBKsGhsG-2S949beu4ldD1QZlL8X1ITZKKIHTZX4duU5KVe3_v4U38hIJI79sqgrFpAxsHPJx5cadnU57_B5zmw2hUfqbf8uU_T8FAK2SNAxHDpXuOo5fc/w393-h400/bebcec75e7353da799c6de4fbab91019.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">On the menu:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">listed above.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Looking around the house:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">It is in good shape, just the usuals, laundry, dishes, and dirty toilets. Too hot to even go outside.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3aEWYY2OdiiBL8yv0MWI5GPmxb4gK4wB-MZIsWthy5xtuaxLm-PvgWWN18QtQqp5lFS8-xiPyHhyuG5oEALGOxeX22zM4CQOZWRJPirmX1C8JETGVEn-XBQwEUQWx-O6o_Ce4Y7C95HKHM3sI7j-G0tBMI64w6ur_SAVCv2axsEW3UzZUuWRkwHBa8Zw/s702/rqcoon%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="702" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3aEWYY2OdiiBL8yv0MWI5GPmxb4gK4wB-MZIsWthy5xtuaxLm-PvgWWN18QtQqp5lFS8-xiPyHhyuG5oEALGOxeX22zM4CQOZWRJPirmX1C8JETGVEn-XBQwEUQWx-O6o_Ce4Y7C95HKHM3sI7j-G0tBMI64w6ur_SAVCv2axsEW3UzZUuWRkwHBa8Zw/w400-h388/rqcoon%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">To do list:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">To much to list. I am a caregiver to my Mom. and July wasn't good for her. I have been immobile and I only saw her once. August has to include new glasses, maybe a surgery I hope, dental repairs, and a promise to keep blogging. Hoping it helps me organize and understand my thoughts better.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Devotion:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG5Rg7-WAvBtj7UkdSpvmItiOi8CNgli6nooExoNqUVsD013UET7WcuTU-H80U5SX34MdwCu1EI1i0NTeWJRjvqjNgk2KH_vvQm5GMFx5id8iB7JUFUMQCp0KOyFIcWBs1TxJNR0VVH-2K_ZBOBgetDbWf42rgfjxdCijsnVFbD7iHJ3g4iOLG62o_Xqw/s1540/34240-Encouragement-03.1100w.tn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="1100" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG5Rg7-WAvBtj7UkdSpvmItiOi8CNgli6nooExoNqUVsD013UET7WcuTU-H80U5SX34MdwCu1EI1i0NTeWJRjvqjNgk2KH_vvQm5GMFx5id8iB7JUFUMQCp0KOyFIcWBs1TxJNR0VVH-2K_ZBOBgetDbWf42rgfjxdCijsnVFbD7iHJ3g4iOLG62o_Xqw/w286-h400/34240-Encouragement-03.1100w.tn.jpg" width="286" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJcV06DaURDSxwct8LcE8C2fqzP9Ao3_rqRsplpGhRM-9UGx7935NHfsQz4gRK8zRgUQiZwXpA6jeE4vatgxViXL2-EpHH_olc4knpQXTgb2I2ZC__gbeR_x0WY14DeQ9JFOLOckeRyrpTDF5YEWNIkbqsADr5N0ucwGShBOtEZd8RGuEMiiN62Qpb7w/s400/1a%20Dazee%20signature%20rose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="400" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJcV06DaURDSxwct8LcE8C2fqzP9Ao3_rqRsplpGhRM-9UGx7935NHfsQz4gRK8zRgUQiZwXpA6jeE4vatgxViXL2-EpHH_olc4knpQXTgb2I2ZC__gbeR_x0WY14DeQ9JFOLOckeRyrpTDF5YEWNIkbqsADr5N0ucwGShBOtEZd8RGuEMiiN62Qpb7w/s320/1a%20Dazee%20signature%20rose.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">~jackiesee~</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Jackie Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01187407666309898021noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162751794747842992.post-86423571346674615402023-07-21T13:32:00.003-06:002023-07-21T13:32:28.433-06:00Reading my words<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Hello friends,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">It has been quite a week, busy with doctor appointments and tests. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">But I will recap and tell you about it. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>I want to tell you this is going to be a format I hope to use to help me feel worthy again. No one's fault, just part of life. I spent my life in second and third place and now that I am all that is left, I am not sure who or what I am. I am lost.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>This will be part of my awakening journey.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>Random thoughts, taking out the brain trash, so to say.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxphAZAMWkvm9UJFVScK2TjRKqChmpmn3vmzcYZrI4okt9cbgmwnYlDFQVMRPpm-zSQF3oNVG78BUq0DaJ82xI0l1iQIp4tAe5Px6fFJTIcBziq3yykMkavgilRzuubOyhESugNLVV7ueaOsriG_SIf-a9vI9gXRcXUHPRdyrGNvVQuj0TddKXz307Ntw/s5184/IMG_0669.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxphAZAMWkvm9UJFVScK2TjRKqChmpmn3vmzcYZrI4okt9cbgmwnYlDFQVMRPpm-zSQF3oNVG78BUq0DaJ82xI0l1iQIp4tAe5Px6fFJTIcBziq3yykMkavgilRzuubOyhESugNLVV7ueaOsriG_SIf-a9vI9gXRcXUHPRdyrGNvVQuj0TddKXz307Ntw/w400-h300/IMG_0669.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">My week always starts on Monday or as I remember it's my Fosamax day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I had an MRI on my spine and hips. I had tried to do it last week but my hip pain was too much and I tapped out after 32 minutes laying flat. So, the doctor sent me some pills to take prior to ease my pain and help me relax. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">They worked. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">But the rest of my day was a slow one.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">It was so hot out, that staying inside reading blogs and napping was okay with me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZ4k89aaOz7dces1waeCm05vR_ZvtizKdwwNwhCquZBI53jNlRnt94iKvnqKLfsSNxqKJVH3UQGo-STDtx2iJ-iqLr4_YgRXoZvy2j2m7O_aHJ3-6ZixUhmp2zhoA84ANVU5BgBgxDgJ6inHzW4CxKz4PFGDNiI9RIkZDusCIcrXpXAfx8v1Fp2L8JkM/s5184/IMG_0597.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZ4k89aaOz7dces1waeCm05vR_ZvtizKdwwNwhCquZBI53jNlRnt94iKvnqKLfsSNxqKJVH3UQGo-STDtx2iJ-iqLr4_YgRXoZvy2j2m7O_aHJ3-6ZixUhmp2zhoA84ANVU5BgBgxDgJ6inHzW4CxKz4PFGDNiI9RIkZDusCIcrXpXAfx8v1Fp2L8JkM/w400-h300/IMG_0597.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>Poor hubs has been on watering duty all this week. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>It has been 104 degrees, </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>one morning our patio thermometer read 116.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKESUV88qFJaJjNE668ymsbr-CUJalRjFtJEjzshJNNsym57qMNj__BOblqnmRBsupEKWfaMcLODngQ7pM4DnPh5vwCWj8CGTMmqqzD22Jid9zTXPtiAtxJLjPsnVP795C5jqy8er-sezmDqKlaLY7bdJYYY-c-LXAaCm_8pDkJOyzKW89MPyLXGhD878/s5184/IMG_0586.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKESUV88qFJaJjNE668ymsbr-CUJalRjFtJEjzshJNNsym57qMNj__BOblqnmRBsupEKWfaMcLODngQ7pM4DnPh5vwCWj8CGTMmqqzD22Jid9zTXPtiAtxJLjPsnVP795C5jqy8er-sezmDqKlaLY7bdJYYY-c-LXAaCm_8pDkJOyzKW89MPyLXGhD878/s320/IMG_0586.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Tuesday was an office day. Gathering information and then sharing information. With 2 surgeries facing me and all the stuff they do to you once you reach that "age", there is a lot of files being shared. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Again, it was too hot to go outside. The garden has been giving us beautiful tomatoes, cucumbers, and friends have been sharing eggs. I made a meal of tomato and bacon sandwiches (on homemade bread), boiled eggs, and fresh cucumber salad. I treated myself to a hot fudge sundae on the patio late that night.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_T33axAFlrS_M7hcU-HUwmp7rCblbcsc2A5aw68q7pdpT32FpdWFk0wsX8mGoou9QwIfVAlYGFLSh_b44nAJAIvfkxfDr3pcbva8m0iJAtMuk83gDqru1pgR-ucddV0bGXE0zBuJoiUm1HIBVP8C6nsiOd1B2jNCGqqolHtqA4MLAf4hjMseZFQixY9k/s5184/IMG_0608.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_T33axAFlrS_M7hcU-HUwmp7rCblbcsc2A5aw68q7pdpT32FpdWFk0wsX8mGoou9QwIfVAlYGFLSh_b44nAJAIvfkxfDr3pcbva8m0iJAtMuk83gDqru1pgR-ucddV0bGXE0zBuJoiUm1HIBVP8C6nsiOd1B2jNCGqqolHtqA4MLAf4hjMseZFQixY9k/w300-h400/IMG_0608.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Wednesday began early with my nuclear stress test. It was not fun. At its fastest, my heart only beat 77 bpm. I passed out and stopped breathing. It only lasted a minute and it began to get better and slowly the medicine began to fade. That was after 3 needle sticks to get a vein. It was another hot day so inside was better than outside.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I made tuna salad sandwiches on butter bread, with pickled beets and cold boiled eggs, and of course our gifts from our garden, sliced tomatoes and cucumbers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8lxI-TkEdToZJYShanISzrKsd2ouOT9oHecNugXc44NVTtOvtPEBMOIMgVxteo-b28Wx8JJXPzIXxd9-riN5c3dJ8mXkkzDb0sZ5l1kQlRlC_Yot-f0dO3LupjBSk4UmPxPdF67R_dq2pW2yr4cN-FUPSpXpKDaAWwMpn4F6y8Qt0ZUaMTNvAdKS5vkU/s5184/IMG_0623.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3888" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8lxI-TkEdToZJYShanISzrKsd2ouOT9oHecNugXc44NVTtOvtPEBMOIMgVxteo-b28Wx8JJXPzIXxd9-riN5c3dJ8mXkkzDb0sZ5l1kQlRlC_Yot-f0dO3LupjBSk4UmPxPdF67R_dq2pW2yr4cN-FUPSpXpKDaAWwMpn4F6y8Qt0ZUaMTNvAdKS5vkU/w300-h400/IMG_0623.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Thursday I was blessed with thehubs running errands for myself and my Mom. We both got new walkers. Mom is so happy! She needs hers for balance and I need mine up to and after the coming surgeries.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I took care of the insurance paperwork and I was shocked at the difference in the cost, insurance verses cash. Insurance $138.00 - cash $85, same walker, same day, same place. Humm....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjzUThJ4LFSm9EqofHJaHrHg8t0VfvrQw9j96Ay5knJMHzShM_VrPcJSdb2LYGwaN1EVSa3mTsljM4mLioh7RcsJ5pbG3Qg35wSemWUc33Qy09CR9a5-n0EpfLggeTrYfC1mjT_4yfv6sgg2a7p3Kse1tbg_sXDQH9nMZoLQS8oUV3sOLwUEnBZao0N2w/s5184/IMG_0653.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjzUThJ4LFSm9EqofHJaHrHg8t0VfvrQw9j96Ay5knJMHzShM_VrPcJSdb2LYGwaN1EVSa3mTsljM4mLioh7RcsJ5pbG3Qg35wSemWUc33Qy09CR9a5-n0EpfLggeTrYfC1mjT_4yfv6sgg2a7p3Kse1tbg_sXDQH9nMZoLQS8oUV3sOLwUEnBZao0N2w/w400-h300/IMG_0653.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Today is Friday.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Thehubs and I are not on the same page at the same time regarding our workload. I have been slowing down for a couple of years and spent a lot of my energy and time in trying to make our landscape easier to take care of as we age. We have a beautiful home that we built with the help of family. It sits on 2+ acres with one side of it being the family pond. Tons of weed eating, and mowing. Thehubs also mows the neighbors 5 acres and brushhogs the ditches along our roads.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">He is 74 and I am 65.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I know I told him I would work in my gardens even if I had to work on my stomach with only one hand. I don't want to give up gardening,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">My body would like to clean one garden, not five.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIQAiIRnGDQRoL-su35GXhqVJlnLbLHatxAEeA-nykrUV-XHtdME00iem3r4FuzSLIX2BnV8G7XjoeODE6NjaBq6oS6cll4eJG7tT7oYPnpSPoh0WKvaA5qPvohX3OabpYZe7TcJGXkT2omm908GUh9AzDckoY-K3j-IwrRs0gHecHxo1bm0dkG6uVsg/s5184/IMG_0693.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIQAiIRnGDQRoL-su35GXhqVJlnLbLHatxAEeA-nykrUV-XHtdME00iem3r4FuzSLIX2BnV8G7XjoeODE6NjaBq6oS6cll4eJG7tT7oYPnpSPoh0WKvaA5qPvohX3OabpYZe7TcJGXkT2omm908GUh9AzDckoY-K3j-IwrRs0gHecHxo1bm0dkG6uVsg/w400-h300/IMG_0693.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">PONDERING:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Jason Aldean's Song</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">"Try that in a small town"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1_RKu-ESCY" target="_blank">click here to watch.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I live in a small rural town, 20 miles from any city.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">We lie down dirt roads and river crossings.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">It takes 20 to 30 minutes to get help from 911.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">My need my neighbors and they need me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">We share food, time, kids, toys, rides, and more.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">We go to church together; we go to school together.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">We will protect each other.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I remember my grandmother lived in Los Angeles, California</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">and she walked each morning up to her local family-owned food market and bought her supplies of fresh fruit and meats for the day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">She lived right in the middle of traffic and noise but she had a neighborhood. A neighborhood that cared, neighbors that helped and shared and looked out for each other. Neighbors who were proud to fly our American Flag in their yard.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">WHAT HAS HAPPENED?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZ3QxJ2BfvbJrJW0KGnuOvaxRBEEELYefPvBtyy7G3LjLNLFv-suuYWV15I05BLkuj2vhfrFnzhRFzpUZz8570c2lVkK7fdIhuZAwHZxdg4Y0Y0Z9JE2oytJyxi1GDfmWd_AQ6w3NTl0_PQ7JPXcF-1IyRTQzs8WBjKWt4pCPG4qpcm2XxVS5PnCO-2U/s3264/20230710_104635.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZ3QxJ2BfvbJrJW0KGnuOvaxRBEEELYefPvBtyy7G3LjLNLFv-suuYWV15I05BLkuj2vhfrFnzhRFzpUZz8570c2lVkK7fdIhuZAwHZxdg4Y0Y0Z9JE2oytJyxi1GDfmWd_AQ6w3NTl0_PQ7JPXcF-1IyRTQzs8WBjKWt4pCPG4qpcm2XxVS5PnCO-2U/w300-h400/20230710_104635.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Moving On...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Positive thoughts for today:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjitYts3EGs-lG6omO15E-IOna7EgvxeisCEf-KMieljY4piwByjSJ5fFqkDeeAf4bM0uKIVzZGQAN2ETJDRIi-mtg-W-OQJkzS_IWoXvWRIqVT4YK_uiQUW7bJnDr3FDbE3ZGw0xz72Tz7ID913oE-PjrPYWLW3gnrluF5wOMeZOjGGWU6hORVR1HmzbY/s1564/jesus%20blood%20chalkboard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1173" data-original-width="1564" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjitYts3EGs-lG6omO15E-IOna7EgvxeisCEf-KMieljY4piwByjSJ5fFqkDeeAf4bM0uKIVzZGQAN2ETJDRIi-mtg-W-OQJkzS_IWoXvWRIqVT4YK_uiQUW7bJnDr3FDbE3ZGw0xz72Tz7ID913oE-PjrPYWLW3gnrluF5wOMeZOjGGWU6hORVR1HmzbY/w400-h300/jesus%20blood%20chalkboard.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Jackie Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01187407666309898021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162751794747842992.post-84501697280013417872023-07-20T09:46:00.004-06:002023-07-20T15:54:46.933-06:00Opening My GeeDazee Blog Back Up<p style="text-align: center;"> Well, it has been a long time since I published a post here at GeeDazee.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxjITRyskZzea1SGsNQ4FOCaVRyB-x6FFkVGdydMNesu8N5TMb6Mxt_YObFxwc4VlXXo4AVzkRqS3NazAWCqUHWOh4czKPgW1OVrVCeCu-PaFL0sBg8egSneZFQDvmbNBXGK50bSMlWEYavmJXa7QKl82nWreQeItfLBCrB3L8gw24YYCfFCRP2Jq7Xw/s960/pain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="960" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxjITRyskZzea1SGsNQ4FOCaVRyB-x6FFkVGdydMNesu8N5TMb6Mxt_YObFxwc4VlXXo4AVzkRqS3NazAWCqUHWOh4czKPgW1OVrVCeCu-PaFL0sBg8egSneZFQDvmbNBXGK50bSMlWEYavmJXa7QKl82nWreQeItfLBCrB3L8gw24YYCfFCRP2Jq7Xw/s320/pain.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I have written many posts, and built 2 other blogs trying to flush the depression from my body.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Then I would delete them the next morning. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I had trouble reading my own words. It only made the depression worse.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlb_NHxgVLjOJn5IYFSKyk7G5AXvwdpYsire1lw_SnP_xmlF1V0_4btLF_2Y1-_DUTigjHCKizlcvnC2_jveX5sUSxzH0YpHW2xVjRxalevSbrSnnc_2aXvyPzNjld3VVi9TaV3ZO7xjPrDq9BaLUBzgH4ILv5C5SttKL0tZXQg2vAuQCBtbPCzyb9Co/s772/344579437_102189339543022_227547446220604726_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlb_NHxgVLjOJn5IYFSKyk7G5AXvwdpYsire1lw_SnP_xmlF1V0_4btLF_2Y1-_DUTigjHCKizlcvnC2_jveX5sUSxzH0YpHW2xVjRxalevSbrSnnc_2aXvyPzNjld3VVi9TaV3ZO7xjPrDq9BaLUBzgH4ILv5C5SttKL0tZXQg2vAuQCBtbPCzyb9Co/s320/344579437_102189339543022_227547446220604726_n.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p></p><blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><i>We buried our son (n-law whom we had known since he was 8 years old) then our daughter scammed us out of money and waged a war to destroy us. Accepting that I could have raised and brought into this world such an evil hearted soul, depresses me and I have prayed that someday I will understand these trials.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Then we lost baby daughter to type 1 diabetes. Both deaths were long and painful and a horrible memory. Then we lost access to our grandson. </i></p></blockquote><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">It all became too much and I became hard and defensive.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzMR_4z19akndYquSbO4ShIzNWm3n6y8mtyiTW4NtPGNGPmmtMDYEAYIT-pj5O7qVKlMmPpx7z_tGXvJi04nP0bWU8m0Pc1zsXCkNlpJFOhUZ5YRwYqh7lso0fcQWXqGelK2YG8fXqwzEzg5TGxq9zKK37irAynkwLPnMv8Wz3GioV_TGN_zquGyywwF4/s500/6a3040c67e3eac5e50e4653ec2b8af73.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzMR_4z19akndYquSbO4ShIzNWm3n6y8mtyiTW4NtPGNGPmmtMDYEAYIT-pj5O7qVKlMmPpx7z_tGXvJi04nP0bWU8m0Pc1zsXCkNlpJFOhUZ5YRwYqh7lso0fcQWXqGelK2YG8fXqwzEzg5TGxq9zKK37irAynkwLPnMv8Wz3GioV_TGN_zquGyywwF4/s320/6a3040c67e3eac5e50e4653ec2b8af73.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;">I began making boundaries with people around me.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I lost family and friends.</p><p style="text-align: center;">God has HIS plan and I know it is working.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I will walk through this valley and see the mountain before me.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQBCttZqCUXvoMUJZ8VNTeqxA1_kF2KOyKmgdt4Xi_w1s0osZvigJo39un9UzBBMc90AWdSA-TTOmfiMBY-bVOunK2byy-w3x21kgLlH_9Vrdo2dwiIUeb4GxRJHOkH0VT7XRuUOOt6it5Q6RgT4ci8awkmwgT0O_po8pzL-ZJb9E_6ObBKnY3kv5Z8j0/s3264/20230702_121506.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQBCttZqCUXvoMUJZ8VNTeqxA1_kF2KOyKmgdt4Xi_w1s0osZvigJo39un9UzBBMc90AWdSA-TTOmfiMBY-bVOunK2byy-w3x21kgLlH_9Vrdo2dwiIUeb4GxRJHOkH0VT7XRuUOOt6it5Q6RgT4ci8awkmwgT0O_po8pzL-ZJb9E_6ObBKnY3kv5Z8j0/s320/20230702_121506.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Come along and continue my journey.</p><p style="text-align: center;">No promises, no expectations.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-KxLKmO6DCqHEPIVShF_DHlOw9tpJNcVapUIv4XoQMGIespSAQ2FWs0y1mFtmnlrOrLYbcfUsw7Hju-lDck8ZwSgnqESSdKcr1VkdlC4L07UdO0705D-DGbDz4d4KH1ECyBGrseIA9gE0dH8_0dI9EgsR3ceygTmuENPgfz6gE6G6RrjWElzY6BrMEg/s400/1a%20Dazee%20signature%20rose.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="400" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-KxLKmO6DCqHEPIVShF_DHlOw9tpJNcVapUIv4XoQMGIespSAQ2FWs0y1mFtmnlrOrLYbcfUsw7Hju-lDck8ZwSgnqESSdKcr1VkdlC4L07UdO0705D-DGbDz4d4KH1ECyBGrseIA9gE0dH8_0dI9EgsR3ceygTmuENPgfz6gE6G6RrjWElzY6BrMEg/s320/1a%20Dazee%20signature%20rose.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Jackie</p><p style="text-align: center;">aka Jackiesee</p><p style="text-align: center;">aka GeeDazee</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p>Jackie Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01187407666309898021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162751794747842992.post-6196862454069998742023-07-20T09:20:00.001-06:002023-07-20T09:20:17.427-06:00<p> Dear God,</p><p>I am here to praise you for my many blessings.</p><p>I am an American. I am FREE and give my deepest respect to those who have defended FREEDOM so that I could feel this freedom to speak, write and choose that is being American. My life is a gift from conception to this current moment and I give you all the GLORY for giving this time, this breath of life in this great country.</p><p>I know in my heart, my soul you are present. I feel the Holy Spirit inside me constantly reminding me that I am a child of God and I am HIS child from conception to eternity. I know that YOU are my rock, that YOU carry my burdens for me. I know that I can sit quietly and feel your gift of the HOLY SPIRIT alive inside me. You have given me life for YOUR purpose, a purpose I may never know. My LIFE is greater than MY world. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge53ZsZl9B63x9Y_-99ncrQsw5ydW8gJ9D9mmx_taaJwri6-KHNLezj-GQsZxY7Ys6qVG3SuH0mJFnsdmqis5sMT8VR6LBKNMFujevidwoGU-ZhVNtz3-YB0r-HMAJSZNfF6bPaxX8jL0hZ7zGrPYL8tBvy6rotskA-VYBY19KNXYlYuSMf8a3Gen0b2I/s772/344579437_102189339543022_227547446220604726_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge53ZsZl9B63x9Y_-99ncrQsw5ydW8gJ9D9mmx_taaJwri6-KHNLezj-GQsZxY7Ys6qVG3SuH0mJFnsdmqis5sMT8VR6LBKNMFujevidwoGU-ZhVNtz3-YB0r-HMAJSZNfF6bPaxX8jL0hZ7zGrPYL8tBvy6rotskA-VYBY19KNXYlYuSMf8a3Gen0b2I/s320/344579437_102189339543022_227547446220604726_n.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Today I am asking your blessings be rained upon a dear, dear friend and relative. I am asking that she be blessed with positive energy, comfort, strength, and to start her healing process. I must also ask that for her early teen grandsons who will bury their mother next to their father in the coming days. Hearts are broken, healing is needed I pray their needs will be met and their memories bring smiles.</p><p>Today I also pray for my health, be it what it is, your blessings will get me through these next few steps. I KNOW you will be with me as I climb this next mountain. I pray and beg you to allow me to walk again without pain and am able to keep up with the other walkers. Seems I am waving everyone on by right now, I just can't keep up but I do get there. I am learning to watch others as I take the time to test each step before taking it. I am blessed to be able to be more present for each moment, for waving others on by as I take the time to feel each step forward.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0NWM0dVdgl70xSLYF2Eac4nw0oa_KhEEXESGY3vGDDUabts72O6aYDvOd-UfZV-HgRDnSc9VCljLjqBcA1M-_gzvW5lVJumZ7sEHll1O7BAU6P-RfbD1FRRGG7wl_BOWNCXhXlk0OA_QsaZ_qZwsV0PBZ3FWMy0Bj13iwJOjatmW_vB6Pm5YhonpQmIQ/s960/pain.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="960" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0NWM0dVdgl70xSLYF2Eac4nw0oa_KhEEXESGY3vGDDUabts72O6aYDvOd-UfZV-HgRDnSc9VCljLjqBcA1M-_gzvW5lVJumZ7sEHll1O7BAU6P-RfbD1FRRGG7wl_BOWNCXhXlk0OA_QsaZ_qZwsV0PBZ3FWMy0Bj13iwJOjatmW_vB6Pm5YhonpQmIQ/s320/pain.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><p></p><p>As I sit here looking out my window sipping hot coffee I am feeling grateful, blessed and restful. I am listening to music and talking with God. My life has been hard, difficult and more difficulties lie ahead. But I know my life is greater than my world. That God has sent me here for HIS reason.</p><p>Thank you for my breath of life, this moment and my tomorrows.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTZugqYtI0smaXFnJcqpSoyFWo5LAuokR3zAqmYdjgVUDRJho-nOoXa02W3f_nygHfuEVzmxtChC2wfGW2lDPgC1JznyOY6gQsDct-tMxLNRLhQXNSZ6n0AJURa2tyvKq1_PZ-RuA8YNk3k30rMHIhdBVR9qy5z7n7SrM7wM_q9Uj6l_8uEsqr9JggYaM/s1080/My%20project-1%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTZugqYtI0smaXFnJcqpSoyFWo5LAuokR3zAqmYdjgVUDRJho-nOoXa02W3f_nygHfuEVzmxtChC2wfGW2lDPgC1JznyOY6gQsDct-tMxLNRLhQXNSZ6n0AJURa2tyvKq1_PZ-RuA8YNk3k30rMHIhdBVR9qy5z7n7SrM7wM_q9Uj6l_8uEsqr9JggYaM/s320/My%20project-1%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Jackie Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01187407666309898021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162751794747842992.post-28564959926687036052019-09-17T11:10:00.000-06:002019-09-17T11:10:01.652-06:00 Busy, busy dreams...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It happened again last night.<br />
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For the past month I have been having dreams. Last night it happened again. I woke up drenched, even the tops of my knees were wet with my perspiration. I am not hot, in fact I feel a bit cool and I can feel goose bumps coming and going.<br />
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There are no people in my dreams.<br />
I am always alone.<br />
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They begin with me needing to do something, something big. There is always a large staircase that I must climb and a good distance that I must walk. The weather is always beautiful, both day and night.<br />
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Last night's dream was about me having to move. It was all about the stuff I needed to move and how I was moving it piece by piece up the stairs. My stuff was scattered so I had to go to many closets and rooms to find each piece and I moved only one thing at a time. Then I would have to carry it up those long stairs. But when I get to the top of those stairs, I am happy because the floors are so shiny. This repeats over and over until I wake up drenched in my own sweat.<br />
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I don't dream these dreams every night. The pattern is random, a night here and there. But the plot is always the same, just different scenarios. Then the following morning my fibromyalgia is flared and I feel so physically tired.<br />
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Today my hands, feet and under my arms are burning terribly like a really bad sunburn. My breathing is shallow and I have to force myself to breathe deep, it just doesn't come naturally. Every joint is swollen and aching. I hurt everywhere. The ringing in my ears is annoying. My skin is so sensitive it hurts at every touch. My brain is fogged but still trying to keep me motivated to get up and try. I want to go back to bed, take a pill and try to sleep through it. But that won't fix it either. I need to do my stretches, walk as much as I can, and stay busy so that I feel like I am accomplishing something. I don't want to give in or let it win.<br />
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I hate fibromyalgia.<br />
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Tomorrow will be better.<br />
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I do feel better. My body is still fighting itself but my energy level is much improved. We had a good weekend with family, church and dinner out. It felt like a normal Sunday.<br />
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Mom is failing more each time I take her somewhere. This morning she was totally confused as to her blood pressure. She said she had called the doctor and his nurse had told her they want her blood pressure below 60. Then 10 minutes later her explanation was not making sense at all. I kept asking her what her blood pressure was but she wasn't making any sense of any of it. I finally was able to understand that she hadn't slept well and had gotten up and taken a tranzene.<br />
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We drove into town and I took her to Hobby Lobby. She has no balance so she must hang on to my arm to stay upright so I get her out of the car carefully. We came around the end of the car and she couldn't get her foot on the ground. It was like her depth perception was not working and she was trying to put her foot down about a foot above the pavement. I hung on to her tight to keep her from falling. Her steps are now only about 6 inches at a time, so we move very slowly and others must wait.<br />
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As soon as I got her in the store and put the cart in front of her she grabbed on and went to shopping. It was like a miracle, she was walking fast, knew exactly where she was going and enjoyed every minute of her 2 hours at Hobby Lobby. She left with a cart full of goodies, a big smile on her face and telling me what all she was making for presents for people for Christmas. Our postmaster, our girls at city hall, the maintenance men at city hall, our mayor, her craft friends, her church secretary, the preachers wife, etc.<br />
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I did buy a book while I was staying one aisle away (so I could keep an eye on her) Magnolia Story by Chip and Joanna Gaines. I admire their strength as a couple working together.<br />
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I'm saving it for when our son in law Jason has his cancer surgery next week. We are planning on taking shifts so that someone is always with him those first few days. They are telling us he will be in the hospital 14-21 days to to just expect complications. He will be put on a ventilator during surgery as they have to collapse his lung to get to the tumor. He will have many incisions and drains and will be unable to eat or drink until they can make sure the connection of what is left of his esophagus and stomach are connected with no leaks and completely healed. This is so scary to think about.<br />
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I am glad to be home for a few days. Even if the house is dirty and in need of a good vacuuming. I've got the laundry going and plan on doing a heavy cleaning of the fridge. Country Pork Ribs are in the crockpot, cooked apples and fried cabbage will be the sides. Kitty is asleep in her bowl in the middle of the living room floor. She rests so easy, I'm jealous.<br />
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Jackie Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01187407666309898021noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162751794747842992.post-88600250420684467912019-09-10T11:01:00.000-06:002019-09-10T11:13:29.308-06:00I'm falling...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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These past few days have been very hard. I feel my attitude slipping, my body is arguing, and mother nature is being mean to me. Today feels like its a mountain, yesterday was a mountain and so was the day before.<br />
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Being a caregiver is trying. It can wear you down. I am watching my mother's world get smaller. Her thinking now is mostly just her needs, they worry her, she wakes up each morning thinking about what she needs. It is sad. Our conversations are mostly reminders of what I need to do for her. Her memory is fading and her thoughts are limited. Sometimes I wonder if her staying in her home is what is best for her. Her only contact is my brother and I. Mom was never a family person, her interests were always in her hobbies and clubs. We are surrounded by family in our small town but they are strangers when it comes to mom. I don't blame anyone for this, it was just mom being mom but it makes me sad that as she got older she had no desire to get close to anyone but my brother and I. Now our conversations are just taking care of her needs then she is ready for us to leave. She seems happy being alone with her things.<br />
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She let her helper go, told her she no longer needed her. Her helper was such a big relief to me. She gave her a good bath once a week, checked her body for sores, bruises, etc. rubbed her with lotion and cleaned her house. She was trained to take care of elderly bodies, minds and habits. Now I have lost that trained eye. When I go up to check on Mom, she meets me at the door to her kitchen, immediately speaks of the tasks or errands I need to run for her, and then she is ready for me to leave. There is no asking me to come in and sit down, or stay to visit but there really never has been. She did slip yesterday and admitted that she has been leaving a burner on her stove on so now she cooks her food one at a time. I know in her mind she is adapting to her body's limits. I take her food but she eats what she wants when she wants. When do we intervene? Do we? Or do we continue to let her live out her life as she chooses?<br />
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I had to intervene once and it was not good. We had been going back and forth over her medicine. I would put her pills in her daily keeper for her. She would then take what she thought she wanted and add more when she wanted. Finally our doctor told her enough was enough. We were then able to switch her to the prepackaged daily (morning, noon and evening for her) pill packs from our pharmacy. She was mad at me for over a month over that. Then her helper found mom had a bottle of thyroid medicine hidden in her bedroom that she was still taking when she wanted to.<br />
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Then there is my body. It has a mind of its own and lately it has been angry. Fibromyalgia is making my skin burn and feel like a terrible sunburn, especially where skin meets skin, my hands, feet and underarms are extremely painful today. I wear soft loose fitting clothes, mostly soft cottons, to ease the sensitivity. This works much better than any pill. My joints are tight, and I find them drawing up when I am still. My finger tips have no feeling except lots of pins and needles poking them. So I drop things. I am clumsy and slow.<br />
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I had a nuclear stress test last week for my tachycardia after my ekg showed abnormalities. I feel it is stress, just as it was 3 years ago. I am still waiting on the results, but I am not too concerned about it today. It just slows me down sometimes.<br />
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This week our local farmers will start cutting their corn. With the ragweed, dust and mold readings already so high the cutting of these dusty corn stalks with only make it worse. But it only lasts about a week and then they will be done, We are using lots of Puffs with lotion, tylenol cold and sinus, flonase and my nedi pot. I just got off a round of antibiotics for a sinus infection, but the headache is still here. I am ready for the cooler weather.<br />
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Our son in law will have his cancer surgery in a couple of weeks. I will be staying with him during the day at the hospital and then at home through his 6-8 week recovery. I pray that his surgery is a success and that his body adapts to not having a real stomach or esophagus. I also pray that they do not find any more cancer. The chemo and radiation have made him weak, but he is in good hands with his medical team. He is having a hard time, both of his parents died in their 40's from cancer and he has no siblings. He knows first hand what cancer can do.<br />
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I am tired. I remember my father telling me to just get up and pull my boots up by the strap and go on. I also remember telling him that my boot straps were worn out and broken. That is how I feel today. I have done my morning stretches, which were painful. I have read my devotions and lit my prayer candle. I have journalled my blessings and gratitude. I have blessed others with thinking of you cards to mail, and some food to share. I have hugged my husband and played with kitty.<br />
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Jackie Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01187407666309898021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162751794747842992.post-40818391470993398912019-07-13T11:47:00.002-06:002019-07-13T11:47:24.773-06:00This is hard to write...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am staying at their home (100 miles away) monday thru friday while our oldest daughter continues to work. Our oldest daughter is one of the strongest women I know. I'm going to do all I can to help her.<br />
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My body is not helpful. I spent 5 days in bed after a trip to the ER diagnosed with pneumonia. So it's been tachycardia, blood clots, thrush and now pneumonia for me so far this year. The tachycardia is so draining, my heart beats between 105 and 113 resting, then goes up to 135 just walking to the bathroom. It comes and goes several times a day and I just have to sit down and wait it out. I see my doctor next week.<br />
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I have lost 37 pounds this year and am now at my goal weight. I thank my youngest daughter for that. She is a type 1 diebetic since birth and celiac-gluten intolerant. So I quit cooking with sugar and flour. The extra 35 pounds that I had gained since my knee surgery started falling off. Now instead of baking brownies, I cut a watermelon.<br />
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Jackie Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01187407666309898021noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162751794747842992.post-72222204491697650792019-03-04T14:23:00.003-07:002019-03-04T14:23:40.113-07:00a tough year part two...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<br />Our weather forecast predicted 5-6 inches for us here in the corner of Missouri. We ended up with barely enough snow to cover the ground along with cloudy skies and a strong northerly wind. The cows are down in the valley and the birds are enjoying the corn chops in their big feeder.<br />
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<br />Mom is almost 90 years old has been doing real well. She mysteriously ended up with two black eyes last Sunday and her diahrea is still a big problem. We are tracking what she eats and looking for something we can change. At first I thought it may be a day with too much dairy, as she also has a lot of gas. We can laugh at it, we have to. When you are crawling on the floor of the mcdonalds bathroom trying to clean your moms mess and change her underwear, you have to laugh or you may cry. <br />
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Jackie Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01187407666309898021noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162751794747842992.post-11418041911084086122019-02-21T06:00:00.000-07:002019-02-21T06:00:03.211-07:00A tough year...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My mom will soon be 90 years old. She has lived a very active life and just recently resigned as an alderman in her small town. She was treasurer of our church, several craft organizations and our cemetery association.<br />
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We are blessed with a truly merciful doctor whose staff are patient and so kind. We are also blessed that we have a dear friend who has a lot of experience in this type of care and has offered to come in when needed. <br />
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Jackie Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01187407666309898021noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162751794747842992.post-11290020027617289842018-07-27T09:29:00.001-06:002018-07-27T10:08:30.727-06:00Remembering how tasty life is!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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She was a teacher for more that 40 years and taught all of my family either first or second grade. She also lived thru the terrible depression, where her large family (14 brothers and sisters) took in another family to survive those lean years. At the age of 18 she traveled by train to Kansas to earn her teaching degree. At the age of 85, she didn't have a big garden anymore, she mixed her vegetables in with her flowers in her many flower beds around her home.</div>
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The oast two years I have mixed my vegetables in with my flowers.</div>
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Here are a few photos of our delicious harvest.</div>
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Thehubs loves radishes! </div>
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He had fresh picked radishes daily from March thru the middle of June.</div>
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This year I tried hard to use her experience and knowledge to grow food that had no chemicals from seeds harvested the year before. She always said that if you planted the seeds from the year before they would be more heat and drought tolerant.</div>
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I picked three good harvests from my small patch of peas.</div>
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Jackie Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01187407666309898021noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162751794747842992.post-73226873921739898822018-07-26T06:00:00.000-06:002018-07-26T06:00:01.256-06:00Oh Joanna!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Thehubs does not like Target, or "Tarjay" as my cousin calls it.</div>
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Then, Joanna Gaines built a beautiful display in their stores. I love her style and feel that it has always been MY style only now its popular because a "designer" chose it. </div>
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I watch her shows, follow her on instagram and have shopped her Magnolia site. I didn't want to take out a second mortgage just so I could say I own something from the Silos. Sorry Magnolia but I would feel so guilty spending $60 on a watering can. Would her savvy business move to be in Target mean I could actually afford something from Magnolia?</div>
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Jackie Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01187407666309898021noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162751794747842992.post-36049935445891951242018-07-25T10:14:00.001-06:002018-07-25T12:46:53.505-06:00Wordless Wednesday...when your brother is your neighbor!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Jackie Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01187407666309898021noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162751794747842992.post-54797289212319472492018-07-16T08:35:00.000-06:002018-07-16T08:35:04.308-06:00Happy Birthday to me!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="color: purple;">I made it to the great age of 60 years old.</span></b></div>
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<li>But it will never bring what it is worth at a garage sale!</li>
<li>But it has a nice memory attached to it! I can't let that go. Remember when....</li>
<li>But I like that, it is pretty.</li>
<li>Oh, remember so and so gave that to us. I don't want to hurt their feelings,and you know they will come to our garage sale.</li>
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Thehubs went to a class a few weeks ago and the instructor told a story of her grandma's dishes. Her mom had called and said she was bringing "grandma's dishes over". The instructor told her she didn't want grandmas dishes, that her cabinets were full of other pieces of grandma's dishes. The next day she came home from work and there on her porch was that box of grandmas dishes. She called her daughter and told her she was bringing grandma's dishes to her house. The daughter said no, her cabinets were full and she didn't want grandmas dishes either. So the instructor called the local flea market and asked of anyone there bought dishes. They said no, their market was too full of dishes and they weren't accepting anymore in their store.</div>
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That story stuck with me. How much stuff have I kept just because it belonged to someone I loved. I have a famous tea set, a family heirloom with a lot of history behind it. But it is very ugly. The dishes are so thin, that I don't dare use them and how often do I serve formal tea in extremely thin cups. They have been stored in a box in the closet for 17 years, since we downsized and moved from the big house. Kdaughter thinks they are ugly, too fragile and doesn't want the responsibility, brother won't even talk about taking them. My grandma didn't want them, my mother doesn't want them, and I think I am tired of them being in my closet.</div>
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<li>Do I dare break the family line of the famous tea set in the box in the closet?</li>
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Yea, right.<br />
The tea set is still in the closet.<br />
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Jackie Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01187407666309898021noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162751794747842992.post-15525196443051485372018-04-03T10:26:00.002-06:002018-04-03T10:26:48.996-06:00I cried...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As the video came to an end, I looked at my bike and I had reached four miles.</div>
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Jackie Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01187407666309898021noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162751794747842992.post-89927628405353162432018-03-27T10:49:00.001-06:002018-03-27T11:41:42.969-06:00It's Tuesday and I may be rude...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I really, really</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">don't like these people. </span></b></div>
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Yep, it's TUESDAY, </div>
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time for some topics that have bothered me this past week. </div>
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<i>definition: something that annoys or bothers </i></div>
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<i>you very much (and usually has an easy remedy).</i></div>
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Yesterday these people called four times.</div>
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Here's how it went.</div>
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I am busy cutting up chicken. I quickly wash my hands and pick up the phone.<br />
Hello.<br />
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<b>a recorded voice says: Hello this is credit card services, this is a very important call. We want to assure you there is no problem...</b><br />
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<u>Click</u>. I hang up.<br />
note: I listened to it all one time and quickly realized it was a sales call. Now my trigger finger is working faster due to more practice lately. I am pretty quick at hanging up on this one.<br />
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I'm busy scrubbing the shower and I hear it ring, so I run to get the phone. I am now out of breath.<br />
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<b>Is Joe there?</b><br />
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No. There is no Joe here.<br />
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<b>Oh, well, I meant to talk to you anyway. How are you today? Have you ever...</b><br />
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No, I have not. Thank you, Goodbye.<br />
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<u>Click</u><br />
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<b>Hello. This is a very important call regarding your student loans...</b><br />
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<u>click. </u><br />
note: I don't have any student loans. I get this call at least 5 times a week. I'm pretty quick at hanging up on this one too. Hanging up quickly is now a family sport.<br />
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I am cleaning Kitty's litter box and the phone rings.<br />
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<b>Hello Mrs. C_____ how are you today? You have been chosen to receive this great vacation in Branson, Missouri, three days and 2 nights in our luxurious resort and four tickets of your choice to an outstanding selection of shows. Would you like to come on down and enjoy our wonderful resort? I can even include 2 half-price meal tickets to some of the best restuarants in all of the greater Branson area. Now wouldn't that be fun?</b><br />
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Yes, that would be great?<br />
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<b>Well, Mrs. C_____ this great vacation includes wonderful amenities including an indoor pool, sauna, a spa. I can book your amazing get-a-way right now for the one time, today only, price of <span style="color: red;">$289</span>, now that is a great vacation bargain isn't it? Would you like me to go ahead and make your reservation?</b><br />
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No, where i syour resort?<br />
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<b>Oh Mrs. C_____ this is a one time offer, and reservations are filling fast, may I go ahead and get your vacation started?</b><br />
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No, I want to know more about your resort.<br />
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<b>Mrs. C_________, have you been to Branson before? If you have, I can offer you a friends of Branson discount and get you that 3 day and 2 night vacation booked right now for only <span style="color: red;">$229</span>.</b><br />
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Thank you for the info. I need to talk this over with my husband before I give you the okay.<br />
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<b>Well, Mrs. C_______, if you can go ahead and give me the okay, I can give you an additional discount and that now makes this Branson Vacation only <span style="color: red;">$189</span>!</b><br />
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That's sounds like a good deal. Now where is your resort?<br />
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<b>Mrs. C_______, we have several resorts that participate in our special deal. May I go ahead and sign you up?</b><br />
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Well, I would like to know more about the resort before I give you my credit card info.<br />
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<b>Mrs. C______, now listen, you NEED a vacation and I NEED a sale. Let's make this deal at <span style="color: red;">$149</span> and get this over with. I'm tired of messing around here. Come on!</b><br />
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Click.<br />
I think he just wanted my credit card info.<br />
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Jackie Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01187407666309898021noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162751794747842992.post-39592185079922876802018-03-24T06:00:00.000-06:002018-03-24T06:00:29.832-06:00What I am reading...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Rory Feek is one of my favorite people. I subscribe to his blog <a href="http://www.thislifeilive.com/" target="_blank">This Life I live</a>. Joey Feek died of cancer and Joey told her story and continues to write about life. He has a gift for sharing.<br />
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He is a truly great storyteller and his writings are at the top of my reading list. His words make me cry, laugh, close my eyes and dream. His story is real life.<br />
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He just finished a new book and<br />
you can find it and more on his webpage:<br />
<a href="http://www.thislifeilive.com/" target="_blank">http://www.thislifeilive.com/ </a><br />
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Or if you want, you can travel to his farm, enjoy sunday church service, dinner at his sisters cafe, or attend one of his concerts.<br />
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Just felt like sharing today.<br />
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Jackie Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01187407666309898021noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162751794747842992.post-13541004155799018712018-03-19T10:29:00.001-06:002018-03-19T10:34:49.331-06:00Another Monday...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Out my window:</b><br />
a little rain, a little sunshine, sometimes at the same time. It's spring! I am sitting here with a nice hot cup of coffee watching the sky change from bright blue to gray every few minutes, then back again.<br />
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<b>This week:</b><br />
We plan to be home all week unless we decide to take off on a day trip somewhere local. I've been wanting to visit <a href="http://www.eunamaes.com/" target="_blank">Euna Maes Shop</a> in Springdale, Ar or maybe a drive to Pawhuska, OK to have lunch at The Mercantile and a tour of The Pioneer Womans Lodge.<br />
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We may spend a day fishing in the pond, getting the kayaks wet, and grilling. Or maybe a weenie roast around the firepit on Saturday. It is spring here in the Ozarks, so the weather will be warm, cold, windy, calm, rainy or dry, maybe all in one day, so a lot of plans depend on the weather.<br />
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<b>On the Menu:</b><br />
We have been wanting to make some of those easy dinners in the <a href="https://www.foodnetwork.com/grilling/grilling-central-how-tos/articles/50-things-to-grill-in-foil" target="_blank">foil packets</a> that we can cook on the grill. I also saw this video on facebook for Strawberry Cake using a box cake mix, jello, and crushed strawberries. I googled it and found it here: <a href="https://www.callmepmc.com/easy-strawberry-cake/" target="_blank">Easy Strawberry Cake</a>. Strawberries are really nice this time of year.<br />
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I had fun in my kitchen Saturday making home made cinnamon rolls for our neighborhood. It was a chilly and breezy day, it felt good to have the oven on.<br />
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<b>Living with fibromyalgia:</b><br />
It's been extra hard this past week with the weather changing so much. From time to time, I will try to share what works for me, like my worn white cotton socks. My biggest constant complaint is the feeling all my skin is burnt, as in a bad sunburn. This is constant. But these old, worn (the elastic is very stretchy), white cotton socks are best at aleving that. I put them on and the pain almost goes away.<br />
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The two geese are still here. We are still pretty sure they are nesting in the pecan grove. Last year, we had two stay and raise their babies on our pond. It was so interesting watching them teach their babies to fly.<br />
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I need to spend some time getting a few Easter Cards sent to some special people.<br />
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Time to purge some stuff. How about a garage sale? Hum...<br />
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Time to say goodbye. Till later...<br />
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linking up with Sandra over at<br />
<a href="https://familycorner.blogspot.com/2018/03/happy-homemaker-monday-03192018.html" target="_blank">Happy Homemaker Monday</a><br />
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