Faithful Fridays With Joy

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I am so thankful for each of your prayers for me and for Frank's family.

I am doing well although today I've been very tired. I just did not sleep well last night. I thought I could skip the phenergan (an anti-nausea med), but it helps me sleep and keeps pain at bay too. So tonight I will make sure I take it. I seem to be able to move my arm a bit better today than yesterday. It is going to be painful to do for a while.

Frank's Uncle Henry came home from the hospital on Monday. He had suffered a stroke. It seems to have affected his legs the most. He will have someone come to his home to give physical therapy. He is on a defibrillator for his heart. Uncle Henry turned 80 years old yesterday. Through faith he has made it through much in life.

Japanese Honeysuckle - Sweet Potato Vine - Rose-Breasted Grosbeak

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Wow.. May 1rst already. Doesn't it seem like the older you get the faster time flies by?

Yesterday I took a little walk up the street. I got a bit dizzy by time I got to the corner... not because of exercise. The aroma of the Japanese Honeysuckles was overwhelming. I love their aroma, but sometimes a good thing can be a bit much :-)

The Japanese Honeysuckle was introduced to the U.S. in the early to mid-1800's as an ornamental plant, for erosion control, and for wildlife forage and cover. Unfortunately the plant has become invasive in many of our states.

Frank put this bit of a sweet potato that was past being edible into a glass of water. Today he planted it in the garden. With a bit of luck we might just have a few sweet potatoes to eat.

When I was a child Mama grew a sweet potato vine in the dining room window. The leaves began to wilt. Mama threw it in the flower bed just outside the door. I don't remember the month this happened, but sometime later when the flower bed was being weeded seven sweet potatoes were discovered. It always amazed me that there were seven sweet potatoes... one for each family member. When these were found I think it was one of 'those times' when the cupboard was almost bare.

I have always asked God that my family would have food to eat. That prayer has always been answered to my satisfaction.

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Today we were looking at a tv show that Frank recorded and we both looked out the window and saw this bird fighting with a Northern Cardinal. I didn't get my camera in time to catch the action.. the Cardinal flew away.

This is a female Rose-Breasted Grosbeak. The pictures are through the window with the bird in the shade, so not great pictures. We don't get to see this bird variety much. Right click and open in a new window for a larger view.

Yesterday - Faithful Fridays With Joy - Show and Tell Friday

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Yesterday was my turn for the doctor. I've been feeling a little more tired that usual. First step was an EKG. It was fine. Next step is blood work. That was fun.... four tubes and my blood decides it will just trickle out. It took forever, but the nurse really didn't want to stick me again.

I was also given samples of Ambien CR. I took one of them last night and it was just a really weird night. I'm not so sure that I slept any better than I have been.

I go back in a week. Frank all ready had an appointment scheduled for then and our doctor wanted me to join him. Our family doctor is treating us as a couple. I think he thinks we are so close together that it is the best way to treat us :-) I usually ask Frank to come with me to my appointments because one word said from the doctor can send my mind on a tangent and I miss something that was said. I sometimes forget to ask questions... but have learned to type my questions out and then the doctor goes over the list with me.

Yesterday was my 100th post of my blog. I'm sorry to say that there is no giveaway at this time. Maybe on my 200th post or year anniversary or maybe just out of the wild blue.

Frank and I are really blessed to have each other. I'm grateful that we compliment each other so well.

I'm thankful for blue skies and trees that give fruit.


I'm grateful there are medications that help me breathe when the pecan trees are in bloom.

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Click on the picture below to join us in Show & Tell Friday over at Kelli's. Kelli is showing some of her bibles.

You may have noticed this broach in the picture of my Red Goose Shoes in yesterdays post.


The Christmas I was eight years old I was given a small amount of money (probably fifty cent) to buy myself something. I bought this broach at Rosenburgs. It was normally an expensive store, but at Christmas they would set counter bins up outside the door of the business and have jewelry on sale.... like three pieces for a dollar. The stones have fallen off the broach so many times. Then I super glued them onto the piece and they have stayed in place. The paint was gone from the broach and I made the piece look a bit gaudy by painting it. I've always liked the piece and wore it on my winter coats for many years. Now it sits in my Amish made cabinet with many other treasures.

Faithful Fridays With Joy

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Today is Faithful Fridays With Joy. Click on the graphic above to join in. Joy is also having a very nice giveaway to celebrate her 50th post, so sign her post to be registered.

I was thinking back through my life.... how many times have I been guided by the Spirit. It is so many that I can't count.

There are times that I really prayed very hard for help with my school work. I had such a hard time comprehending things when I read them. I still often have that problem... I sometimes have to read something several times before I truly understand it.

When I was in the seventh grade... I think that would put me at eleven years old at the time... I did a book report. The book was about Ulysses. I honestly don't remember if it was the book that James Joyce is so famous for or not. The day of the report came and I was so nervous. There was to be an oral report to go along with the written report I did. I was and am still very shy. The teacher called my name I took a deep breath; said a little prayer; and walked to the front of the room. My classmates became a blur to my eyes. I said my report and my teacher said I had done well as I handed her my written report. I received excellent grades on my oral and written reports. I had very happy parents. I was happy too and thankful that Someone stood beside me as I read the book, wrote my report and gave my oral report.

We need to remember to ask for guidance and help as we walk through our lives.


We bought a few plants today. I'll tell you more about them later.

Faithful Fridays With Joy - My EGD

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I'm thankful for todays blue skies and wispy clouds.



A lot of rain fell over the last few days, so the sunshine, blue skies and wispy clouds are most welcome. The light wind is welcome to help dry the waters. I am thankful that no one was hurt during the flash flooding.

I am thankful that I was able to make it through my upper endoscopy (EGD). I have asthma and sometimes the weather can make it difficult to breathe. The lady next to me in the holding area had an asthma attack and was not able to do her test. Thankfully her inhaler got her to breathing normal. I would have been in trouble if I had had an asthma attack. I left my inhaler at home.

My test went okay for the most part. The Nissen Wrap I had a couple of years ago is coming undone, which mean that acid reflux will probably be hitting me hard again some day. There was no stomach ulcer. The way I am feeling I thought I had the beginnings of one. There was a red streak that the doctor took a biopsy from and he took another from the lower part of my stomach. It will be a few days before I get the results. My stomach was not empty, so that means my stomach is slow to empty. He suggested I eat six small meals a day... I do that most days anyway. I am to decide if I want to try the drug Reglan. It has some not-so-good side effects and one is lip smacking... and when the med is stopped the lip smacking doesn't stop... now isn't that something to think about? I will have an appointment with the doctor in mid May.

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We did a few errands today. One was to go by Sears and buy Frank some britches. He has lost about 20 lbs since his surgery. Oh... Frank's appointment was changed from next Thursday to a week from this coming Tuesday... we have over a week with no doctor appointments :-)

Frank bought some dark room supplies. He got a hair cut... he was beginning to look a bit shaggy. We bought some bird seed at Tractor Supply and a wire brush... a $10 off coupon made it a bit cheaper to feed the birds. Then to the bank... I ordered me a new ATM card. My other one was deactivated after I hadn't used it in so long. We had a full day.

We came back home for our midday dinner between errands. Yesterday Frank cooked chicken leg quarters and I made up dumpling dough for chicken and dumplings. Having it all ready made dinner quick and easy to put together.

Carla over at A Mellow Life Is A Good Life asked if I had posted my biscuit recipe yet. Carla I haven't. I have it written out somewhere and I will try and find it. Maybe I can think to have Frank to take pictures next time I make biscuits. I dont' make them often like I used to... so don't hold your breath on seeing it any time soon :-)

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Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in spring-time. -- Martin Luther