Category: life in general

02.29.2024

8°F S16mph SR0640 SS1751

Morning Offering given
Jesus take me as I am
Summon out what I should be
Put your seal upon my heart
Holy Spirit dwell in me

Village quiet

Coffee strong this morning

Happy “Sweet 16” to Suzy Sutton!

Cpap… back in place. Not for the entire night but at least I can once again breathe and not have them hounding me about not wearing it. After all these months, I get a virus, can’t breathe and don’t wear it for 5 days and all hell breaks loose. SMS start pinging on my phone. Heaven forbid I wouldn’t get my compliance hours in.

Intermitant Fasting… 1975 hours thus far. Water consumption getting better. You ever tried to drink 115 oz of water a day? That’s a rush to the bathroom every 45 mins. Prevents you from having any kind of life. Not to mention messes with the cpap mask at night in the how many times you removed the mask category. Today my eating time is 10:00 – 8:00… a bit more realistic. Thank you very much. I want to talk to someone about Panniculectomy. Once I reach my weight goal I cannot begin to imagine hauling all this skin around for the rest of my life. It already creates issues by pressing against my bladder… hence the every 45 min bathroom run for a thimblefull. Hmmm so would Medicare think this was medically necessary or not? That is the question. Oh wait, the form says if it is done while a hernia is being repair and the dr says if not done would mess with the mesh then it is covered. May those deciding have a skin apron that hangs to their knees unless tucked up into support underwear, and when they sit make their belly push out so they look 9 months pregnant, and may they run to the bathroom every 45 mins daily 24/7… we’ll see how medically necessary it then becomes.

Little Free Libraries… I have some if anyone is interested in them.

Author… “Allen Eskens” has become my new read. I was hooked and still am. The Life We Bury, The Heavens May Fall, The Shadows We Hide, The Stolen Hours, The Guise of Another, Nothing More Dangerous, The Deep Dark Descending, Forsaken Country, and Saving Emma. All touch on some real part of life that most times doesn’t get talked about. I’d love to know his back story.

Now let’s discuss the dumbest thing ever thought up… DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME… once again those who think they know everything and force it off on those who apparently are not smart enough to take care of themselves have deemed March 10- thru November 3 as the time this year we are to lose an hour of sleep daily and feel like crap for 8 months. There is no good reason to change the time and many good reasons to LEAVE IT ALONE! No energy has been saved, no health improved, no more family time available, yada yada yada. For cryin out loud people don’t let them lead you around with a ring in your nose. Their bottom line is $$ they are making it off your compliance with these inane ideas.

Okay… I’m climbing down off my soap box, drinking my coffee and going to start my neuropathy therapy. While I do the foot soak I will be offering up the rosary…Luminous Mysteries, spriptural https://youtu.be/wUjKAsQTEaI?si=BdL9_AGak46HdVS4 I’m thinking.

Know you are prayed for.

Neuropathy in my feet

I think I’ve mentioned previously that my feet feel like I am wearing tight socks all the time.  Have also talked about my bones feeling very cold or very hot. As well as mentioning an electric buzzing in them. That I’m wobbly sometimes when I walk or that my feet feel numb or tingle.  They have felt like this for years, at least 10.  I’ve mentioned all this over the years to my medical doctors, most of whom never actually acknowledged I brought it up, some who said oh lose weight and it will be fine, others ckd my blood said it was good, others saying A1C is up but not over/or on the line. Someone just said learn to live with it.  Of late, they seem more tingly, so the man and i went to a neuropathy seminar to see what could be done. 

Today, I started a 90-day therapy course with Chiropractic Place in Onalaska. Was told to continue my chiro with Pene and reflexology with Tracy , both were good.. Along with adding a twice daily regime, which I will get into later.

If you are looking for help, call them.  They let you know upfront if they can help you or not.

You do this at home with a mentor/coach, and they’ve had good success.

I started as soon as I got home.  Have the second set left to do this evening.

Will have some scheduling things to deal with.

I’m thinking 2024 is my year.

02.28.2024

8°F cloudy WNW19mph SR0641 SS1750

Morning Offering given

Village peaceful

Coffee strong, the old eyes open

Wonderful supper last evening with M&V and family. Fun to laugh and catch up.

I can breathe this morning (day 6 of the viral gunk) still very tired but breathing is a huge one. Perhaps tonight the cpap can be used again.

Another trip in LAX this morning for an appointment. Friday I return to my regular daily schedule.

The front porch needs putting in order. Perhaps I can get that done this afternoon.

We are back to winter weather for a day or so. It had to happen. We also need another good snow or a week of fine rain as our ground moisture is sorely lacking.

Need to work on my bible study class. Also need to get paperwork filled out and a couple doctor appts set up. The year moved by too quickly. Gotta love those yearly things.

Pondering Philippians 2:3-4 today. Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves, 4 each looking out not for his own interests, but [also] everyone for those of others.

Know you are prayed for.

02.27.2024

40°F SW14mph SS0643 SS1748

Morning Offering given

Village quiet

Coffee strong

Good to be home. Lots to get accomplished before the end of the week when all goes back to normal.

Book: Broken but Unbowed by Gov. Greg Abbott

Cpcp: not in use until stuff nose is gone

Intermitant Fasting: on track, still slow

FYI: Vicks is now in lavendar… who wouda thunk it?

Laundry calls my name, as does the vacuum.

Have an awesome day!

Know you are prayed for.

Leg #4, Day #4 of the Great Adventure

Our morning started as usual with coffee. Adding the knowledge this was the day we left the lake to head for home after we attended the G’parents breakfast with our G’son Lukus. The sun room at Lakeview Living on Silver Lake in Delhi, IA has become our happy place. I think we recognized that from the biginning.

Wonderful breakfast at the Cascade school this morning with Lukus. Fun book fair there as well.

Coffee and muffins with Morgan and Stella to top off a great morning.

We are home. Car unloaded. Everything unpacked. Laundry sorted. Most things put away.

Honestly, I am exhausted. This virus is kicking my butt. Time for a nap.

02.26.2024

32°F SSE19mph SR0646 SS1751

Morning Offering given

The lake is peaceful, with moonlight shimmering over the ripples

Coffee’s good

Today we say Happy Birthday to AB who turns 53. Have an awesome day.

Lenten Action: Take a sheet of paper put a line down the middle. On the left make a list of those things you are grateful for. As the week progresses add to your list. On the right hand side make comments on your blessings. Try to see your glass as half full, see potential, see opportunity. Be amazed at the life given you.

Antonio Cardinal Bacci suggests we find the church on our way home from work each day. To spend a quarter hour with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Giving thanks for our day, the blessings afforded us, and the opportunities given.

Shortly I will begin to pack up here at the lake. I am truly grateful for the time spent here. In a few days we will be back at our normal life. Hopefully we will be able to incorporate some of the quiet times into it that we experienced this past month.

Know you are prayed for.

Leg #4… Day #3 of the Great Adventure

Lake shimmering silver in moonlight

Drove out to Greeley cemetary to visit Dad & Mom C and David. Hard to believe dad has been gone 30 yrs, mom 7, and David almost 3. Drove past the home place. It is being  well taken care of by the Palmers. The cottonwood is gone, but its memories remain.

The old St Joseph’s Church still supports its beautiful stain glass windows. I think of dad sitting under the Kateri window. He was her advocate long before she attained sainthood.  I wonder how she got a window at St. Joe’s before she was a Saint.  It is now the Greeley Community Church. I often wonder how they explain the “pagan windows” to their congregation.

Grilling is on the agenda for our supper. Pork steaks and a salad seem to be the best way to round out this day.

It has been good for us, this vacation. It has been good.

02.25.2024

31°F S6mph SR)647 SS1749

Morning Offering given

The Lake is shimmering silver in the moonlight

Coffee is perfect or perhaps I’m just drinking it in the perfect place

Feeling much better this morning. Amazing what a dose of old fashioned Vicks can do for a person.

Intermitent Fasting week 20… 20# down, 1914 hrs of fasting, better sleep. Loose skin is an issue. It is a bit depressing in fact. I don’t know why it cannot relocate to my posterior and give me back the cushion weight loss took away. I do not care for boney butt.

New Book… well old (1969) but new to me…In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden. I’m liking it. Picked it up at the Tiny House in Hopkinton for a quarter.

Today’s Ponder…Anthony Cardinal Bacci speaks on Fervour and Tepidity today. I agree with his statement, have experienced it personally. “The only choice in the life of a Christian is between fervour and sin. The teid or negligent soul cannot remain long in the grace of God, and when God’s grace is removed, it means the death of the sould. The spiritual life resembles a steep hill. A man cannot stay still. He must keep going upwards or begin to slip downwards. Whoever struggles on up the his is approaching perfection and Heaven; whoever slips backwards is approaching sin and Hell. There is no middle way. Those who are lukewarm are an object of disgust to their Creator. Who casts them away from Himself.” (Rev 3:16)

Lenten Practice… give more of yourself than you think possible.

Looking for a lazy day today. Hoping to enjoy some warming sunshine on the deck while I watch the lake ripple. Good thing the buggy blanket is along, I can wrap in it and still enjoy the lake. Should reach the 50’s today.

Know you are prayed for.