Category: life in general

03.21.2024

21°F SSE3mph SR0603(0703DST) SS1817(1917DST)

Morning Offering given

Village silent and dark… no DSTer up to greet the morning.

Coffee good

Scripture Verse: Isaiah 41:10 “Do not fear: I am with you; do not be anxious: I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.”

IF… 23 week in, 2291fasting hours, pluggin along, still losing inches & averaging 1# a week loss

NT… day 24 of 90, decrease of numbness in feet and legs, although I still have a light sock feeling.

Cpap… making odd noises, mouth still extremely dry, wakes me up, still hate it but do it.

How’s your Lent? Did you get to confession? Did you forgive those who have hurt you? Did you ask forgiveness of those you have hurt?

My Lent has been very dry… desert dry infact. My normal church involvement has come to a screeching halt… there will be no Easter services at my church. The expectation is I seek those in my sister church. I did find out they are doing Wednesday rosary so I went last night. That was good, very good for my soul. The bible study on Tues is not meeting during Lent, will begin again in April.

More Esken CDs arrived yesterday. I totally enjoy how he has taken charactors from his first book and gone deeper into their lives in other books. I think these all stand alone bringing the rest of the story to light in new books. These would make great movies. I hear the first book is being developed into a feature film. I have it on my must see list.

Send up prayers for MK who has been diagnosied with prostrate cancer.

Did you see the video of the House Oversight Comittee examining Presidents Biden’s role in his family business practices in China, Ukraine, Russia, and other places in the world. It’s looking like influence peddling. They have been looking into this for over a year now.

Know you are prayed for.

03.20.2024

23°F NW15mph SR0605 (0705DST) SS1816(19:16DST)

Morning Offering given

Village silent

Coffee good

Questions:

Have you heard of any of the follow. If so let me know from where
Trad Recovery
One Word
When did the Catholic Church change to using the NABRE from the NAB?
Who put out The New Catholic Bible?
There’s some really interesting changes going on and I’d like to know who authorized them.

For those interested the USCCB has an interesting resource link that everyone should read if they are politically interested in what is happening and what the Church’s feeling about it are.

I’m out of time this morning; something that happens too frequently these days.

Know you are prayed for.

03.19.2024 1st Day of Spring & Solemnity of St. Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary

30°F WNW20mph SR0606 (0706DST) SS1814 (1914DST)

Morning Offering given

Village sleepy and quiet… so much for all those DST’ers getting out and about because of more daylight.

Coffee good… maybe it will calm the snarkiness I woke up with. The question is do I want it too?

Hay Auction today at the Produce Building.

CFAB… Meeting tomorrow 6pm in HS Bandroom. Volunteers needed for Solo & Ensemble April 6th.

BTM…Bike To Mary…sign up
https://www.facebook.com/BiketoMary/ if you’d like to see what it is about
https://www.goodstreams.org/videogallery/bike-to-mary-pilgrimage/

IF… team must have heard me griping about the slowness… as the little daily article they sent talks about it. I’m still at it and will continue with it until I reach my goal. No matter how long it takes.

NT… coming along. I feel differences and that’s really all that matters.

Cpap… made the call will pickup up new head gear and hose on friday.

Headlines this morning…Just to name a few…
CDC Overestimating Maternal Death Rated in America,Study Finds
Toby Keith Earns 2024 Country Music Hall of Fame Induction
James, Russell Lead Lakers to Big Win Over Visiting Hawks
Concerns of Torture Raised Over Witness Testifying in Jimmy Lai Trail
10 Killed in Port-Au-Prince Suburb as Tensions Rise in Haiti
Freedom Caucus Urges House GOP to ‘Force’ Border Security Measures in Govt Spending
Judge’s Jury Instructions Hold Door Wide Open to Trump Win in Classified Document
Eric Schwerin Testifies Joe biden and the Biden Family Used Alias Email Accounts
Still No Deal to Avert Shutdown as Deadline Approaches

Scripture Readings: 2 Sam 7-16; Ps 89:1-29; 2 Ro 4:13-22; Mt. 1:16-24
Scripture Verse: Ps 84:5 “Blessed are those who dwell in your house, O Lord; they never cease to praise you.”

Please send up prayers for successful surgery for my g’dd SA.

Know you are prayed for.

03.18.2024

22°F NW11mph SR0608 (0708DST) SS1813 (1913DST)

Morning Offering given

Village waking

Coffee strong

Scripture Reading, Dn 13:1-62, Ps 23:1-6, Jn 8:1-11
Scripture Verse, Ez 33:11 “I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked man, says the Lord, but rather in his conversion, that he may live.”

IF… week 23… 2241 hours of fasting… slow but sure the #s come off. Water intake/body movement are a must for this to work. I know, its slow but hey, the pounds went on slow.

NT… time consuming is a huge draw back with this therapy. I’ve had to change my whole schedule to make sure I get it all in. This and DST have made me tired for what seems like forever. Is it working, yes. At least I think it is. My feet and legs feel better. Although I still thump around I believe the thumping is less hard. My balance seems better. I can tell you I won’t be purchasing any more of the nutrients. They taste awful and are too expensive.

Cpap… needs a new head strap.

Hm… 4 year anni of Covid19… we still haven’t held China responsible, Fauci is still making money, when he should be in jail. The wokes/progressives still have people convinced they are going to die without a vacc and mask. Our children are an anxious mess, our society is disjointed, our government is full of crooks… yep, China’s mission was accomplished. A total breakdown of the world. Worse… most still don’t get that and follow like sheep to the slaughter.

Time to think about the garden. Are you putting one in? Have you purchased your seeds? They can be found on County D at Workshop #4… Jake Detwilers. (I have of course spelled that wrong)

Know you are prayed for.

03.17.2024

26°F NW18mph SR0610 (0710DST) SS1812 (1912DST)

Morning Offering given

Village quiet… Top O the Morn to ye this fine St Paddy’s Day

Coffee good

Arrived home from my little trip to Marion, WI about 0045. By 0100 I was sound asleep; when 0145 the phone rang and off to Hillsboro I went with K and husband to Edith’s (the midwife). Should hear from them sometime today to come home.

IF coming along…

NT just beginning the morning routine.

Cpap used even if there was an interruption in the middle.

The labels came yesterday so I will be able to finish up on that copy order today as well as do a second one that came in yesterday.

Maple sweetness was left on my porch, no clue where it came from but hmmm I’m going to love it on waffles. My thanks to the person who blest me with it.

So, that list you were making, how’s it going? Did you get them all down? Today think about how good it feels to get that baggage out of your head and onto a concrete piece of paper. Did it make life a bit lighter afterwards? Although it is hard, if you could take a few moments and give thought to each entry… try to write… I forgive you/them next to each line. just those words. The words are not a sign of weakness, they are a sign of strength. They set you free from whatever power was being held over you. Now you can breathe.

Know you are prayed for.

03.16.2024

42°F WNW20mph SR0612(0712DST) SS 1811(1911DST)

Morning Offering

Village sleeps… very dry here…

No coffee… I’ll have to fire the coffee maker and learn how to do it myself

IF… coming steady

NT… coming along well. Although I can say I am tired of having to do this routine 2 times a day for 35 mins. I guess if I had a regular schedule it wouldn’t bug me so much.

Cpap… yes I am using it

Daylight Saving Time, those who think it is so great… where are you guys? I am not seeing any extended outdoor activity. Not seeing parents spending more time outside with their children. In fact most days I don’t see children outside and when I do they are all carrying or have their nose glued to some kind of electronic divice. What I do see are sleep deprived human beings dragging themselves thru the day. I am one of those people.

J Troyer’s auction today. If cars are any indication of successful attendance the auction yesterday was extremely successful. I will however say many thought they were the only ones there if the way they parked and drove is any indication.

Nelson Ag’s Spring sale this week.

Monday it’s time to purchase the Turkey Lisence.

Ordered Esken’s next book CD “Saving Emma” I so enjoy this author.

Scripture Readings Jer 11:18-20; Psalm 7:1-12; Jn 7:40-53
Verse for today: Lk 8:15 “Blessed are they who have kept the word with a generous heart and yield a harvest through perseverance.”

Let’s talk about “perseverance” I’ve had a signature for ages that says “bearing fruit thru perseverance…DV (Deo Volente (God Willing))” for a very long time. I started using it when I realized that if one doesn’t bear fruit (the kind God wants) there is no real purpose to life. I realized early in life (mid teens) that having a car, spending money, name brand items, the latest popular thing did absolutely NOTHING for my soul. It made me the go to person for spongers. Those things contributed NOTHING to my soul. Frankly, without them it was a much better world. I have never been able to convince my children of that. They still strive for the “having stuff”.

Know you are prayed for.

12 Steps of Recovery

  1. We admitted we were powerless over ____ that our lives had become unmanageable.
  2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
  3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
  4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
  5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
  6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
  7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
  8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
  9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
  10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
  11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
  12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

I was asked for a clean copy, here it is.

03.15.2024

35°F NW12mph SR0614 (0714DST) SS1809 (1909DST)

Morning Offering given

Village sleeps

Coffee dripping

IF coming along, I’m in wk 22 of 25 weeks. I feel fairly good. The program needs lots of water and lots of movement to work. Not to mention one being faithful to the eating and fasting periods. The weight has been a slow prosess for me. The loss of inches has done well. I’m thinking this is something I will continue to do for at the least 25 more weeks.

NT is time consuming and expensive. It is however working so in both cases it has been worth it. Both of my feet have feeling in them. The wearing sock feeling is still there but they are not tight in feel. It is a struggle to keep up due to my busy daily schedule. But doable as the program is only 90 days long. I will not miss the suppliments.

Cpap, I am sleeping better, with fewer events each hour. Using this machine is a pain in the patoot… that’s as nice as I can be about it. I still believe there must be a non invasive/none machine way of taking care of this. It is daunting to think this is a forever thing and worse knowing they are keeping tabs on me.

The one thing I have learned during all of this is I don’t like being restricted in any way shape or form. Although things are working, I’m not so sure it is worth the expense or the hassle. I’m not so sure this is where I should concentrate my efforts in life.

Auction today at the produce building. Fresh donuts will be there by 6:30 this morning. Lots of sale items in the lot. Its looking to be a windy day with cooler temps. This begins the weekly auctions at the Produce Auction. https://growersproduceauction.com/

Scripture Readings for today Wisdom 2:1-22; Psalm 34:17-23; John 7:1-30
Scripture Verse Matthew 4:4b “One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.”

Are you still working on that list I asked you about yesterday? Keep adding to it today.

Know you are prayed for.

03.13.2024

30°F E8mph SR 0617 (0717DST) SS1807 (1907DST)

Morning Offering given

Village quiet

Coffee good

Happy Birthday Hannah B!

Scripture… Is 49:8-15; Ps 145:8-18; Jn 5:17-30
Scripture Verse…John 11:25&26 Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

IF… moving along

NT… more improvements seen.

Cpap… my thoughts haven’t changed on this, but I use it.

In all honesty I am feeling a bit betrayed by my country these days. All the cover up regarding J6 so that Bidenites, Progressives, and WOKES get their way. The shenanigans perpetrated by the repubs to get back at them. And the Never Trumper/Biden putting out shady ads that on their face are fairly true but linking them to something that has nothing to do with the ad itself or is already a done deal not a pending one. All this back room under the table crap needs to stop. The media needs to quit shaping their ideas and opinions into news. I’m tired, tired, tired of all this garbage.

Neff said

Know you are prayed for.