Good morning! Greetings and salutations dear Reader. We're enjoying a beautiful morning here in the American Southwest. The sunrise today looked like orange and pink flames, it was just gorgeous. I'm wearing a little Guerlain Rosa Pop with coffee this morning and he's up with me. The cat and rabbit are awake, all the other creatures still sleep. I have a couple of teeth that are going to need some serious attention soon; my entire jaw keeps just aching until I get them taken care of. I never take anything for pain either as I already take enough as far as pills go. Pain meds are too temporary anyway though if it gets any worse I'll be more welcoming to medication than I am right now. They'll probably get me an antibiotic first anyway, we'll see. Right now as long as I don't eat or drink a thing I'm fine, haha. So yeah I need to get that done soon. I hope that you don't have any pain today dear Reader. One of us being in pain at a time is enough. ✊
I think I'll take Love's Baby Soft glittering body spray with me, I haven't used it for a very long time and, sniffing it just now, it's so comforting, since childhood as it was my first proper perfume before I was even ten years old and I still have an affection for the scent. It's aching so I'm going to go now; I wish you a good day and night today dear Reader; may you be blessed in all that you do. Thanks for stopping by and take care.
Hello again dear Reader! Greetings and salutations on another gorgeous day above ground. Right now I'm dressed and just drinking coffee. My hair decided to look okay today so I'm leaving it down, parted to the other side (left, I usually part it the other way). Well it's not exciting information any way that you look at it. 🤣
He's still sleeps; the cat, rabbit, and one of the dogs are awake with me today; I think the turtle's still asleep. We replaced the coffee maker that was affected by a storm not long ago (maybe a month ago now); the new coffee maker's been used two or three times now and we both like it. Of course our Walmart didn't have any of the cheapest model available so we spent like thirty bucks, no big deal. It works, we're happy. 👍
I hope that I'm able to continue to lose weight, as long as my body wants to adjust to being healthier then I'm on board with whatever change may be required, like losing some weight. I've been losing for about three years now, up to a hundred pounds gone almost. It's a trip, the way my clothes fit me now. I find that I'm still wearing plus size in dresses mostly because of my height and physical dimensions more than due to room. Like if I purchase from SHEIN, I always get a 1X or a 2X and those are the best fit for my frame, even if they are a bit loose. The sleeves are long enough, the dress itself is long enough, etc, if I buy a larger size. Anyway, I find that the sizing in the East is much tinier than American sizes.
That's all I feel like saying for now. Other than may God bless you this day, dear Reader. Be blessed, remember that God loves you.
Remember, remember, the fifth of November, the gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot. Happy Guy Fawkes day, everybody! I managed to get the DVD player hooked up to the new tv correctly and have just started playing V for Vendetta as it is the fifth of November after all. We just took evening meds. I hope that each of you pauses to say thanks for freedom today. ☝
Greetings and salutations on this fine, sunny day above ground, dear Reader. God provided the time I need to take care of things for him here, like setting up a month's worth of his AM and PM medication as he has no clue what he takes because I've managed our meds from the beginning. I have to do that today.
Here's what I read for morning devotions today, the links will take you there if you feel like reading them, too.
We've been watching a lot of this young woman living in the Vietnam countryside who can do anything construction or agricultural in nature, she's amazing.
We bought the turtle her favorite food and I filled her dish with it yesterday; she's made some progress with eating it and she's eaten like four huge grubs in the last day or so; I'm so glad to see her flourishing with us. (She came to us in great condition too though).
Here it is November and our high today is going to be 84F. I'll take weather appropriate clothes to Kansas with me though. I've been there in Winter before. If y'all would pray for me that would be the best, thank you if you do. I pray all good things for you, whomever you are, whosever eyes read my words I just pray that God will bless you, directly and soon.
Hello again, dear Reader! Greetings and salutations! It's about one-thirty AM here in the Mountain Time Zone and I'm drinking reheated coffee.
There we are, that's such a good song!
Minnie Pearl the Turtle is settling right in and now in our menagerie we are: two humans, three canines, one feline, one lagomorph, and now one reptile. I asked him if I can please have a hedgehog and I still want some tree frogs or a huge bullfrog and one chameleon. The kind with the mitten-looking hands and curly tail. The next time I have a job, I think I'll pick up a 9mm. The kind the police use. 9mm has knock-down power so even though I'm a good shot, a 9 might be more visually compelling to an intruder than the 22 as well. I need to clean that 22 to keep it in good working order, I need to buy the oil used. It's on the "do these things" list.
We can't bathe our dogs every week because, here in the desert, their skin will get way too dry so it's every two weeks in this environment. We're watching Donald Trump on YouTube; it occurs to me that he is very entertaining and probably a lot smarter than some give him credit for. If he runs again, he's got my vote this time. I'll even say that I should have voted for him last time but I went Libertarian that time. Jo Jorgensen would have done a fantastic job as POTUS. Oh, well, maybe someday we'll get a Libertarian in there. I want to see how that would change things. I love the meme I saw about Libertarians and it's basically the philosophy in a nutshell that said "Libertarians are plotting to take over the world so we can leave everyone alone!" 🤣
Well, my hair's long enough to tie into a knot like a bun. We have the heater set on 75F and it'd be too warm in here for me if I were differently dressed. (Thank You, Lord). That's all for now, just some middle of the night rambling.
Hello; greetings and salutations, dear Reader, on this fine day above ground. Right now it's the peak heat of the day and is only in the seventiesF. I had to change to shorts and a short sleeved shirt but I'm good now. I'll put the black hoodie and jeans on when it gets cold again. I got him into the cardiologist this coming Friday so I'm very happy about that, his annual post-heart-attack check-up is overdue and I needed to get that taken care of NOW. Like, they discontinued his Plavix because he took it for four years instead of the normal one, but, BUT, he has two partially blocked arteries that he was taking it for, so I want to know if he needs to get back on that and start taking it again. I'm not playing when it comes to our heart health; oddly enough he and I had the same heart attack (blockage in the Widow Maker artery).
After I changed into shorts and a bright short sleeved shirt, I went in there and put on some Clean Skin by Clean so I am wearing fragrance today after all, even if it is a bit of a non-perfume perfume, that will make sense to at least some of you. I'm not feeling the whole "get gussied up to go nowhere" thing today so I'm sitting around in a comfy ponytail and not one iota of makeup. Our youngest (dog) Chloe wants me to stop typing and cradle her in my arms instead. She's currently settled for curling up in my lap since I'm sitting Indian style in this chair.
I'm so bummed out by Matthew Perry's death, y'all. He was a great comic actor and seemed like just a really great guy in real life. We watched "Almost Heroes" with him and the late Chris Farley and it was a good flick, albeit bittersweet, knowing that both of them are now gone. Just generally speaking, our time in this life is so short and flies by so quickly! No wonder the Bible calls man a vapor. We're also compared to sheep (do you know how dumb they are? haha) In Isaiah we're compared to the grass that is here today, gone tomorrow. And in the Grand Scheme of things, that's precisely what each one of us is, like a blade of grass. I don't think that any of us (including me) really gets just how short that time really is. It was as though one day I woke up and discovered that fifty years have gone by. I'm fortunate to have been given the time I've been allowed to live so far and will continue to be grateful every day that I wake up on this side of the grave.
Hello again, dear Reader! It's only two A.M. here in the MST. On this day above ground, I'm having a sneezing fit (several back to back to back sneezes). What I don't like is feeling like I have to sneeze but nothing happens. Good ole seasonal allergies, even though I take Montelukast year around. It's still another day above ground and for that I am very grateful.
Right now I have this playing with my headphones as loud as they can go:
Maybe I'll read Exodus 12 today as part of my devotions. Man, this song gives me goosebumps. I wish these headphones were about twice as loud as they'll go, haha.
I keep the strangest hours of anyone, I think. So now it's 2:40 A.M. and I know that I should be asleep, but here I am doing this instead. I went in there and put on lipstick, randomly, and also chose what I'm going to wear for the day provided the forecast lines up with the choice.
Now I'm listening to this one: It's so romantic, and he kills it with his performance, too. I love singing out loud to this one as well. I'm the star of the shower with the perfect sized audience (nobody but God and me). Admit it, you sing in the shower too! It's great, singing is good for you, body and soul. Who cares if you're not Mariah Carey, singing is beneficial no matter what you sound like. And if others don't like it when you sing, invite them to dislike it as much as they want to and keep on keepin' on (keep singing, let your heart speak!)
Now this:
Oh Yes He has! Always. Through every tear, through every tragedy and trial, the Lord has sustained me. He sustains me this very moment, in fact. I love this line from the Crystal Lewis song, "Let me say this that it's nothing I've done but it's the grace He gives freely to everyone, yeah yeah!"
Good morning from the MST dear Reader! It's still before dawn here, and will be five AM in about fifteen minutes from now. He fell asleep with the TV on so I'm now listening to it's either Congress or the Senate, I don't know which but they're talking about the border and immigration. I think we need to overhaul legal immigration as the way things are going right now, the process seems to be ineffective if not downright useless as it currently stands.
So far I'm on my third (final for a while) cup of coffee and it's wonderful. I am literally the only one awake, I don't even think the rabbit is awake and he keeps some weird hours. Oh who am I kidding, we all keep strange hours. It's times like now that I wish that I had a job to go to, but the big city job skills that I have simply do not fit the jobs that are available in this area. I've never worked retail a day in my life, for example. The only things I'm good at selling are an attorney's services. We do have a prison nearby and that could be a cool job, talk about having to pray all the time that's how it'd be if I did work at the prison. I'd rather show up with Bibles for all when it comes to the prison though. I don't even know why I let my thoughts go there, knowing that he would never let me work in a potentially dangerous environment like that. So you know what that means, construction is also not an option for me for many reasons.
Anyway, they've moved from Immigration onto the Fentanyl crisis. I wish that people would NOT take those little blue pills KNOWING that it may or may not kill them, just one. Tons of those who are dying from it are literally dying from a single dose. I call that dangerous, more dangerous or at least AS dangerous as heroin. I lost a dear friend in precisely this way a couple of years ago, before it made the news. I pray that his soul is now at peace though he left ten children behind. He was awesome, and now he's gone because of Fentanyl. When I was having heart surgery a couple of years ago, I heard someone in the OR say "Give her Fentanyl" and I must admit that was the only scary part of the surgery. I don't know what the big deal is, why people even bother with it. I didn't get high from it, but it did make it way easier for me to remain motionless as the doctors performed their professional duties.
There are so many things that I'm powerless over y'all. All of these things I've been rambling about today, I feel the only power I have is the power of prayer. I like to try and turn things over to the One Who has all the answers and solutions. America is screwed because we've evicted God from every public arena, save churches. We need to include God in every level of government as all authority comes under His authority.
IF Trump runs for POTUS again, he's got my vote, and I hope he teams up with Vivek I-can't-do-his-last-name. Those are the things going through my mind at this quiet, dark hour. May God have mercy on us all.
Greetings and salutations this afternoon, dear Reader. It's been a grey, rainy day today on this day above ground. I don't mind, it's a welcome break in our normal sunshine. It's been a restful day which I'm very grateful for. There is always much to be grateful for if we only stop and think about it for a minute or two. Counting blessings is a great mood and attitude lifter, I've found. Even during the trials and troubles of this life, like right now I'm dealing with something and I am willing to bet that you've got your own issues to handle as well. Such is this Life, with all that it has to offer. It's very cool today and, even here in the desert, it's starting to really feel like Fall. But I find that if I want to feel better and have a better attitude in difficulty, there's only One Person Who can really help and I trust in Him and choose to hold fast to that faith.
This is on my YouTube "Death" playlist.
I feel kind of like King David in the Bible when his son Absalom was out to kill him and those Psalms really resonate right now. But there are the Promises so I am just holding onto His Word for dear life. I should be doing precisely that every day anyway. I never stop praying but I do take breaks from Bible study. Sometimes I just need the comfort found in Psalms and Romans 8 and I Corinthians 13 and Isaiah, just every book basically. If it's in the Bible, trust and believe that I for one NEED it, more than I could ever really express. That's the reason I'm constantly reading either the Bible or material written by Christian authors, watching sermons and listening to podcasts.
I just drank a coffee cup full of strawberry kwik milk; I can't say how very good it was because it was precisely what I craved at the moment and now I'm satisfied with it. My last A1C was 5.6 so I feel like that small cheat shouldn't do much to hurt me.
Well it's chilly enough now that we've got the new heater running. That's about all I have to say for now, so be blessed and I'll "see" you next time.
Hello there, dear Reader! This is a nice day to be above ground, already after five PM in the evening, I've been up and about for about twelve hours today. We ran errands in a nearby town and that ate up the majority of the day, but it needed to happen and I'm glad we took care of some things. I don't want to get into any of the very gory details and (not to be ungrateful because it could have been worse) this month really sucks so far. Sucky things have been happening and I'm definitely not on board. I hold onto my faith, which is being tested right now. I hold on with Hope for Change, knowing that Change is one of Life's constants: this, too, shall pass. And when you've done literally everything within your power, what then? You rest. You review what you've done to make sure that nothing was missed. You try to keep a good humor, no matter what. Strength comes from the Lord, and that's totally an inside job. But He is available to each and every one of us, always by our side no matter what and regardless of how we feel at any given moment. Feelings are such an inconvenient pain in the tuckus, am I right? I mean good feelings are great, but then there are those other ones that do not feel good and I do not like those. I don't like anger, grief, despair, being violated, ad hominem attacks, none of that. Like every other regular human being, I despise those things but most of all when I'm the source of it. It's a good thing that I'm pretty well versed in repentance, I get a lot of practice sometimes.
I wish that we still had Donald Trump for president, he did such a better job than the current joke called an administration. And that's about all I have to say about that.
The weather has really been gorgeous and I've been wearing the dickens out of my many pairs of blue jeans. They range from a very pale light blue denim to medium to darkest blue to a couple of black pair. I could use a few more tops though, I'll get around to ordering some. I haven't been in a shopping mood in some time now, I much prefer to save and watch it grow. My attitude towards money has changed a lot in the last three years since he had me take over the bills. Making me be a grown up and all. 🤣
Current Jam, on repeat because it's how I roll with this song:
It's also an easy, fun and romantic song to sing to (of course I think Secada does a fantastic job of infusing this song with meaning and passion). I think everyone should sing, like in the old musicals (movies) where everyone would just bust out into song for no apparent reason. I suppose that only the other crazy people and I would actually just break out into song randomly. Anyway, you'd have to carry the music around with you (and use something louder than your phone, that's just sad). Look, I never promised that I'd always make sense.
I love these new headphones; there's a mic built in so I can use the headset when I'm in Second Life. And, I like over the ear models like these way better than earbuds of any kind. I'd like the volume to go louder but I guess they don't make the seriously loud injure yourself variety of headphone anymore. If they did, or if I find some, that's what I'm going to buy. For my sixteenth birthday, I went to the Whitesnake/ Motley Crüe concert and my ears rang for three days. So maybe that was too loud but sometimes you just have to open wide up if something like OG Metallica is playing. I mean, few of their songs are ballads, so when we're talking Metallica we're immediately also talking about some serious volume! I'm going to just publish this now. Truly, a rambling entry. Fare thee well until next time. Be good to others.
I love that song so much, y'all. I'm talking about, ugly crying love. The easiest Person in the Universe to love is God. He's the One, you know what I mean? Like the love of my life Who's always been with me though I didn't know it for so many years. Y'all, I just love Jesus Christ. He's so wonderful, I could never articulate well enough to do His goodness justice. I don't mind trying to though! He is worthy. And, with His grace, there's nothing that you and I can't do for Him because He will orchestrate everything for us, we have but to walk in it. Goals, am I right?
Hello again; greetings and salutations before dawn on this day above ground. I just got dressed in a white cotton/lace top with my newest jeans that have the white butterflies pattern on them and holes in the knees, along with my white braided flat sandals. I'm a little cold at the moment because the dogs are using my bathrobe (on the couch of course). I still have to do some morning things like get our AM pills ready, do my hair and makeup, wash that handful of dishes that are in the sink, and vacuum. Which I'll vacuum when he's not asleep.
Here is what I've read today and I'm going to be working on memorizing that first verse:
I need to talk to our doctor about the fact that my sweet love was continuing on Plavix more than a year after his heart attack because they wanted the medicine to work on his two partially blocked (50%) arteries. I am going to call our PCP today and ask her to write him a new script for it and tell her why, we will see if she agrees and does it. If she doesn't then I'll call our Arizona cardiologist and see if he's willing to prescribe it again, to work on those partially blocked arteries. We can't be having heart attacks all the time. Myself, I just took Clopidogrel (Plavix) for the first year following my heart attack, and then I stopped, but then again they didn't see any other blockages or partial blockages in my heart so it's fine that I'm not taking that one anymore. We will both be on these for life though: Metoprolol Tartrate 25mg, Atorvastatin 40mg, 81mg baby aspirin once per day. I don't mind, I'm so used to setting up our meds now that it's become second nature. I have the bottles in order, divided into AM, PM, and Twice Per Day. It is perhaps a rudimentary system but it works. I'll close with my favorite selfie. I usually have to take more than one pic to get one where I don't look insane or foolish. So here's my favorite selfie, let me know what you think.
I like that one. I'm glad that my hair grows fast; it ought to be just a few months before it grows back to where i want it to be. And I've decided that my SOTD is going to be Paris Hilton Heiress again. I am going to go shower so I can use the scented bodywash and lotions first. Then I'll put all these clean clothes back on, haha! I'm looking forward to the day warming up. What are you looking forward to today, dear Reader? Whatever it is may it be well with you, today, tomorrow, and always. Thanks for stopping by, see you next time.
Hello again, dear Reader! Greetings and salutations in the late afternoon of what has been an excellent day to be on this side of the grave. Our high only got to about 86F today which, in this arid climate, is discernible and even downright palpable. Jeans/boots and jeans/leggings season is upon us! YAY!! I mean I love my dresses or I wouldn't have so many of them, but I enjoy my blue jeans and boots as well.
Today I've been contemplating this Scripture:
and I pray for Israel and that the Lord please send His entire body of angels into Israel and that the conflict will end as quickly as it began, in Jesus' Name, please deliver them, Lord! Amen. Please join me in prayer for the people of Israel and the end to war.
I believe that's all I have to say other than thanks for stopping by and have a blessed rest of your day, Dear Reader, and I'll "see you next time" is the saying.
Hello again and welcome back on this lovely day on this side of the grave. Our weather is starting to cool to the point that I've worn jeans two or three days in a row now, all of them different styles from each other. Today's are a dark wash and high waisted, they fit me very well and I'm very comfortable wearing them. I just refuse to wear jeans during the hottest part of the year when dresses, kaftans, etc, are all SO much cooler when the heat is on.
Well I used LA Colors lipstick in the color "Torrid" and seriously, immediately turned around and lost that lipstick. So when retouching was called for, I just switched to NYX matte lipstick in the color "Copenhagen".
My doctor told me to stop losing weight; my doctor has never seen me naked, LOL! No, seriously, I think that losing no more than thirty more pounds would be good for me. But my doctor told me that I can feel free to ignore all of those BMI charts because she said that they're flawed and well, I mean nothing applies to everyone except for birth and death. Well those things and free will. (I'm always on the fence about, do you capitalize Free Will or leave it all in lowercase as I've done?) I'm pretty hard on myself when it comes to making mistakes in the language that I've grown up speaking because, as my first language, I should be very well-versed and use it correctly.
I'm not the happiest I've ever been about a very important appointment for today being moved due to the other participant's being ill. I hope she has a quick, full recovery, and I also hope that she'll be seeing me soon once she's back from dealing with that. They had the courtesy to phone me the day before. Hopefully the rescheduled one will occur soon, it's something that I'd like to get over with. In some medical situations I often feel like a bug under glass.
Dear Reader, thanks for stopping by to listen to me ramble though I've nothing of depth or importance at the moment other than to say that I hope all who read this are blessed. Thanks for stopping by and take care; have a great rest of your day.
Welcome back, dear Reader! It's about half past four in the afternoon here in the MST. Today has been good, so far and I have hopes for its remainder. I love how the weather is cooling to highs in the 80's and that's when I like to start wearing jeans, like the ones that I wore today; they're a wee bit loose but they hang well so today I just paired it with a white cotton with partial lace overlay top that I've had for years (it's white, like the pattern on the light denim, flared and frayed jeans). The jeans were on clearance anyway so I tried them on and liked how they fit me; there's a patterned Sofia Vergara shirt which was also on clearance and I wore it the other day. I'll show both outfits down below, but first things first, I want to shout out to the Lord that I am grateful to be alive today, thank You Jesus! Okay.
this was yesterday
this is me today
also me today, I'm barely wearing hardly any makeup at all.
I have recently been favoring this and similar looks, using very little in the way of makeup and spending just a few minutes to work on two or three focal points. This is the "I have no time and I need to be out the door fifteen minutes ago" look, haha! Some of you know what I mean.
Anyway, Gertie is doing well (thank you, God and I am being quite literal about that). And I continue to hate our scale at home because it's so different from the mechanical scale used by our doctor. I trust the old-school weights far more than I believe in the "accuracy" of digital methods. In this case as in so many others, the old ways are the best ones. Like, stop reinventing the mousetrap (although I'm grateful to trap makers who spare the life of the animal being trapped so it can be released back into the wild, well and alive, those guys get a pass).
I'm also willing to ignore some deliberate offenses committed against us and our plants, knowing full well who is doing this to us. Christian life isn't an easy one, remember? It's in the Book, the commandment (not suggestion, but commandment) that we love our enemies. By His grace alone can I walk it out. I'm trying and that matters. I'll just have to keep praying for them every day even including asking Him to bless them (and in their cases, save them while He's at it).
Here is the song that Terry's been stuck on:
and I've been morbidly stuck here:
Terry's promised that, if I go first, he'll bury me in my beloved wedding dress (the ballgown, modest one that I now need to have taken in at the waist, I can pinch a good inch closer on both sides at the same time and that makes it fit better).
So I close with a picture of Chloe from September 8th of this year. And, like Joseph, I'm standing on the Promise which says that what they have meant for evil against me, God will cause it to work for my good. I'm in agreement with that, it's what I've been asking Him for apparently, either that or He just feels that it's time for me to grow and mature (which never happens without the exchange of sacrifice of some sort, even pain, real pain). It's not called "dying to self" for nothing. And yet, it is His will that we seek to do that very thing. Selah (or, pause and think about that for a minute, let that sink in).
Hello on a beautiful morning above ground! Here in the MST it's nearly six-thirty AM. The sun has already risen though he's hovering near the horizon just yet.
Since I have been diagnosed with medical anxiety, today I'm choosing to focus on this Scripture:
Psalm 3:3 (that's the KJV quoted in the image). There's a song with these exact lyrics too:
I love that, in Christianity, there are many songs employing pure Scripture and they're brilliant for memorizing the Word! Music helps me remember words, maybe it does that for you, too. Songs are, after all, easier to recall than say a poem you've memorized, though the words of poetry are often lyrical in nature. I view singing/ listening to praise and worship music to be a powerful form of warfare against the devil who hates it when people exalt the Lord. Praise empowers His angels and strengthens the spirit of man. There is power in praising God. Chains fall off and bondages are broken when you praise Him with your whole heart especially. Like, really get into it, really focus on what you're singing. A great one for that I'd say would be this one, Awesome God:
Anyway those are what's on my mind at the moment. A friend is having day surgery to implant a device in his chest and I've asked God in prayer to make it a rousing success and for him to have peace throughout the entire thing. And I asked for these things in Jesus' Name, so. I mean I boldly approach the throne of Grace but I don't do it in my own name for Heaven's sake. That would be awful, I can't just go before God without the Blood and the Name! I would be destroyed by his holiness alone if it weren't for Jesus. May God bless all eyes that read this, today, right now, in Jesus' Name, amen. That's all for now dear Reader. Perhaps I'll write another more shallow entry later on. In the meantime be blessed and have a wonderful day today, whatever you put your hands to.
Greetings and salutations on a beautiful afternoon on another day above ground, dear Reader. It's finally cool enough that I got to wear jeans today. And today's Scripture that I've chosen is definitely one that I personally need to spend a lot more time with, in contemplation and study. It's the Biblegateway.com Scripture of the day.
Yes, Matthew 6:33. I looked up to seek and it means "attempt to find" (effort is implicit here), the rewards of God are not just going to fall into our laps without some effort on our parts! We partner with the Lord, He does what only He can do and we do what He leads/ tells us to do whether or not that's just a knowing inside or something that is at least in agreement with His Word. Sometimes it's something as simple as contemplating one tiny little piece of Scripture, like eating small bites of nutritious food. I hope this little miniature devotion blesses you. Gertie's health is doing SO much better! She's needing her medication less and less often, going up to eight or nine hours between doses now. We're very grateful to the Lord for healing our little dog. That's the only thing, is that it's all Him. We've prayed for her and in His infinite loving kindness He's answered with a continual healing of little Gertie. Sweet little, tiny insignificant (though very important to us) little Gertie, the dog. That's what I'm saying, ask for what you will in prayer and see what He will do for you!
Greetings and salutations, dear Reader. This is the afternoon of another day above ground. I found out today that according to my doctor's mechanical/weighted scales, I weigh 148 lbs and three years ago I weighed 247 lbs with undiagnosed/untreated diabetes. So as of today I've lost a total of 99 pounds, the equivalent of a small person. The doctor said that it's time for me to stop losing weight now though. I'll do as she says, to the best of my ability. If a little more falls off I won't worry too much about it. If it's more than ten pounds I'll let her know (though we didn't talk about any time that we'd need to revisit the weight thing/ at what point if I keep on losing it). She's about to have a baby so I won't see her again until January. That child is going to be precious, I can't wait to see him or her! Or at least pictures when she comes back or if one of the other doctors has some after she has the baby since they're all related (the doctors are to each other, that is). It literally IS a Family Practice. There's a loved one in the midwest heavy on my heart today with prayers for healing going up to the throne of grace for them. Please agree with me, dear reader, for strength, for grace, for wholeness of body and absence of disease, and for His Will to be done in that situation in Jesus' Name, amen. (Thank you). I'd like to protect that person's privacy while also seeking prayer support, so it's a balance a delicate handling of how to obtain both properly which I hope to have and believe that I've so far done.
I'm grateful that I didn't miss today's appointment which was a reschedule from forgetting the day of the appointment to go in, I hadn't realized the date that day and completely spaced it. Of course I called the office and apologized profusely and they kindly reset me to see them today instead of the one that I missed. That was awfully accommodating of them, I thought. Very nice indeed though I don't plan to miss any more appointments.
Today I just did the easy face which I've been loving lately though today I first dusted my entire face and throat with Coty Airspun setting powder in Rose Beige. Then I used Maybelline's eyebrow pencil in dark brown, L'Oreal Lineur intense liquid black eyeliner on my top lash line, Maybelline Falsies Push Up Angel mascara on top lashes, NYX lip liner (Dark Soul) and Sunnies Face Fluffmatte lipstick (Mood). Hair's up in a bun, held up by a claw-clip. Scent of the day today is Mon Guerlain EDP.
So that's my praise report, I have officially lost 99 pounds over three years. Perhaps I could have lost it faster, maybe not though. I'm content with what I have and how I got there. I feel like if I keep losing a wee bit more though that it won't hurt me.
Hello on this day of rest, dear Reader. Thanks for stopping in to celebrate the gift of Life with me again today. ✌
Today I'm wearing a purple shirt with black design and black knee length leggings. I did do a five minute/five product face like yesterday (all the exact same products, in fact). I threw my hair up in a pony because 'ain't nobody got time for that'.
I don't feel the size that I am yet, I feel as though I'm still much bigger than I actually am and am always being surprised by clothes, etc. And I still have some more to lose, maybe not much but I have a number in my head and I haven't reached that number yet so I'm still working on it. Man has it been for a long time now. In fact, I probably need to go eat since it's almost dinner time and I haven't eaten anything yet today (no wait, I had that coffee cup of cereal). Okay. I've got a cup of soup heating up now. This month has been a mixed bag (several birthdays, one death, bad news regarding a loved one's health). I'm just trying to take it all one day at a time. What more can one do, right?
Hello, dear Reader. Greetings and salutations. It's a good day to be alive. Instead of reading chapters in the Bible today, I'm focusing on one passage so I can really "get" it deep into my heart and mind. It happens to be Biblegateway's Scripture of the Day today. Romans 5:3-4 (Amplified Classic)
So to really read and think about that is just mind-blowing to me. I looked up "exult" and it said "feel or show triumphant elation or jubilation" and then I looked up suffering which means "the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship". But read the passage again, these things are definitely and apparently deliberately placed together within the same context: rejoice WHILE you suffer. It's the craziest thing but in the spirit it just works. This is what some of my thoughts are on this passage. It means that I'm supposed to choose to accept all circumstances with peace and joy. I will tell you right now that I do NOT always do this, at least not initially with some things. I'll just keep on trying though; what more is there to do? What are your thoughts on rejoicing during times of hardship?
Greetings and salutations on a day above ground, dear Reader. I've enjoyed the break I've taken from blogging and am starting to finally feel like myself again.
It turns out that my biological father passed away on the eighth of this month and I'd never gotten to meet him. Now I will always have an idealized version of him in my head and that's alright by me. May the dear man rest in peace. On the positive, my youngest just turned 30 a couple of days ago; I posted "happy birthday" to his Facebook wall but he's not much into Facebook, I'm afraid. I hope that his day was as excellent as he is, he's turned out to be a wonderful man.
I keep losing weight. Our home (digital) scales are always five pounds heavier than the mechanical scale my doctor uses and when her scale said 155 mine said 160. This morning fully dressed in nightwear I weigh 154.8 on the digital scale. It's been a long three year road down from 247 at my maximum weight; if I get down to 147 that will mean that I've lost a hundred pounds, the weight of a person, and I'm not very far from that right now. Here's me yesterday, my leggings are a size 7!
Now this is a little irritating: our coffee pot was murdered by a power surge during the rain a few nights ago and no longer has a digital display so now we have to make the coffee by plugging it back in and turn it off by unplugging it. It's not even a month old yet.
Gertie continues to need her allergy medicine but it just makes her cough disappear so we keep her medicated and I'm keeping a written log to document the times she takes it so she gets it on time every time. We thought we were going to lose her when she first got sick and are so grateful at her improvement and progress.
Though I might go back and republish the blog entries I've written that are devotional nature at this point I just plan on moving forward. All of those things are, after all, in the past, and this is the present. Now is the only time that really matters. 👍
Thanks for stopping by, dear Reader. Have a blessed day. Make good choices, you will reap the rewards. Take care, until next time.
