New Idea

I want to share something new and different for me.  My very first VLOG!  Dear Hubby is here to help me out too.  Forgive all the simple ways life is for us....but that is just how we roll.  Now for my new vlog about a new idea and product.  Look and see what you think.

I want to also thank Tea of a Kind for sending me three bottles of tea to try out.  Forgive any mispronunciation.  That is our fault.  Look for Tea of a Kind in your stores or at TeaofaKind.com.

Unexpected Delay in Life

It has been a heck of a week. Sitting in hospital waiting rooms and expecting all will be fine. Not worried as it is simple repair work. That is til...yeah that other shoe drops. I hate this time period.  Many of you follow me with twitter and facebook and know that I am sitting her praying for Dear Hubby.  And I so thank you for those prayers and all the support you give.   Now for the rest here is the catch up.

Dear Hubby has a pacemaker (along with a laundry list of repair parts and surgeries) that needed the lead to be replanted.  It had come undone.  Not common but OK, things happen.  A simple open up and fix case that should take 30 minutes.  3 hours later he is closed up and having to look at some other ideas.  It seems that Dear Hubby has so much scar tissue on his hear they could not find a soft spot to place a new lead.  The old one would not release either.  So over night stay and doing it all over again in the morning.

This is his heart surgeon and medtronic rep looking things over.  A team who are not to proud to be on their knees at all!  After trying all night to figure out a different approach they are in the same position as before.  So just open up and start all over again.  They both told us how they prayed over the situation.  I am a firm believer that Doctors are strong prayer warriors.  They see miracles all the time.  Currently they are in looking at Dear Hubby and trying to find that one spot that will work.  Wait, there is the phone now.....

Cover via AmazonYES!  They did find it.  Just the 30 minutes today to do what was needed.  The Doctor said that it was an oddball place to put it.  But it works and the pacemaker seems to be responding quite well.  Thank God!  So closing him up and will have him up in a room in just a moment.  I will be waiting up there when he is done.  Now is time to keep waiting.  Funny as I have been reading a book by a doctor right now.  Chauncey W. Crandall IV, MD is a cardiologist.  Yeah, can you believe it.  And this man believes in miracles.  Let me tell you more while I am waiting on Dear Hubby to make it out of recovery.

In Raising the Dead, Dr.  Crandall tells how he has seen God at work.  That he feels power and guidance as he has preformed surgeries time and time again.  And better yet, he has looked into the eyes of patients to see life well up inside of them as they have literally been brought back from the dead.  I have to thank PJ of PJ's Prayer Line for this book.  I won it in a blog review and it is really something that is helping me right now. Hey, Dear Hubby is going back to his room now.  I will post a photo on here of him too...just let me get up there and see how he is doing.

Here he is.  Bruised up but back in one piece.  Do you see the fingertip marks on the bottom right.  Yeah they did quite a bit of pushing the other day.  Dear Hubby woke before the 3 hours was over and felt that pushing as they put the pacemaker back in.  Did some stitches and glued him up.  Today he is closed once again but feeling better already.  He said so!  Amen!  And again thanks to all of the support I have had through my online family and friends.  It really helped me.

"Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

God Blessed Us

Today is my 7th wedding anniversary to Dear Hubby.  I feel quite blessed to have him love me as deeply as he does.  I wanted to share how we started out.  I hope you do not mind.  But for us this was a moment in our lives that God blessed. 

8 years ago, I was married to College Girls poppa.  I was sad and lonely in that relationship and had been for over 10 years.  He was unhappy too.  But we worked at staying together.  Our mutual goal was to make it til College Girl was out of school.  (She was then High School Girl.)  I had been out of town for two weeks with my daughter, visiting my birth father.  On the day of our return I received a call from my mother telling me of a death in our family.  I dropped HSG off for church camp and dashed across Texas again to be by my mothers side.

Image by Camera Slayer via FlickrThe day of the funeral, I was helping my Great Uncle fill his dish at the meal afterwards.  We sat at a near by table and proceeded to eat and talk.  My ears perked up when I heard a warm voice full of laughter.  I looked up and saw a man helping an elderly woman just as I had done with my Great Uncle.  They sat at our table and of course we were all talking soon.  That afternoon I was telling my mother how much I enjoyed just talking to this man.  She knew him and his family and encouraged me to have him come to her cafe and have coffee and more time to visit.  So I called (how brazen is that?) and asked if he could join us.  Well it seems there was a conflict of plans as the annual fireworks show was to be that evening.  He asked if I wanted to join his family as they were all attending.  My mom told me to go on so I did. 

Well if you have seen the large Texas skies you know they go on forever.  That evening laying down and watching the beautiful colors explode across the heavens I was happier than I could remember being in a very long time.  Afterwards I sat in the car and was talking to this enjoyable gentleman.  And we talked about life, family, joys, sorrows and everything that came across our minds.  We talked til we noticed the sun was rising in the eastern sky.  Oh my goodness....we had talked all night long. 

Quickly we said our goodbyes and both returned to our homes.  I apologized to my mother for being out all night but told her it was great to have someone I could talk with and just be myself too.  Soon afterwards I packed up my car and started the trip back home.  Mile by mile went by and I became sicker and sicker to my stomach.  I realized how much I did not want to go back home to my husband.  I realized that I woke every day nauseated and dreading the day.  And I realized I had not felt that way the whole time I had been away visiting my birth father and my mother.  Sadness washed all over my whole being.


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Then I was hit in the head and told to stop the car!  Wait here a moment.  I was alone in that car.  All alone.  But again I heard in a booming voice to Pull Over NOW!  You have to know I did.  And as I did I became calm.  Thoughts were coming at me so quickly I did not know how I could take it all in.  But I very quickly came to understand that I was not on the right path.  No, I was to change all now.  Sitting by the side of the road I paged through the local paper that I had kept with my Cousins obit in it.  In the real estate section I saw low rents that I could afford on my disability check.  With a calmness and peace I never felt before I knew I was to move.

Yes, and move I did.  I finished my trip home.  Sat and talked with my then husband in a very calm fashion.  We agreed that being together was making both of us miserable.  I told him of my events and I wanted to move.  He understood.  The next day I returned to my mom's town, found a place to live, paid all the bills to set up and returned to pack my and my daughter's belongings.  Yes, that quick.  And it all was calm, smooth and felt right.

Soon after wards I met back up with that same gentleman.  We continued to talk, visit and in time grew to know we were so happy with each other.  A little over a year later we married.  Yes, I had found my mate, my partner, my best friend and my darling Dear Hubby.  We are close friends with College Girls poppa to this day.  (As a matter of fact he moved to the same town soon after wards.)  

Now I have taken you through this long dialog.  Well it is because I truly feel that God put us together at the right time.  That we recognized him working in our lives at the same time.  You see, I deeply believe that God does work in our lives in little ways that make big differences.  You can see how he has done this for others in the book, Why God Matters: How to Recognize Him in Daily Life by Kariana Lumbert Fabian and her father Deacon Steven Lumbert. This has the Seal of Approval from the Catholic Writers Guild.  Another lil thing for Dear Hubby and I.  You see he is Catholic and I am Baptist, yet we do not have any discourse in our religious beliefs.  We come together in all areas of our lives so well.  A God thing, I have to say.  I love the way this book shares.  "God is with us always, sometimes in ways we don't even realize. Deacon Steve Lumbert and his daughter Karina Fabian say.  You can share their stories of how God led them from casual belief to deep devotion, and offer tips and exercises to help you see God's hand - and take it." How have you seen God work in your life. Was it a provision that came at just the right moment?  A quiet moment that filled you to the brim?  The work of others to help when you thought you was at the end of your rope?  God is like that.  Sometimes quiet, sometimes booming and always fulfilling.  You may wish to share this book too to see how to recognize those times. 


I do want to say thanks for listening to me.  The happiness that fills my life is very much due to the deep love I have from my Dear Hubby.  His constant reassurance that he will always be here and always love me.  If you could just see the deep love shines through his eyes you too would know this is a blessed union.

 

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Another Sign I'm Old

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Well I asked if I was old.
And here another flaw in the age thing.

You know that my Dear Hubby has two jobs.
And he works 7 days a week.
And most every single evening too.

And my mom (Granny M) is an active senior.
So she is out again with friends playing cards.
She may be in before 2 a.m.

Then there is College Girl.
Who is at school of course.

So that leaves me home,
Alone,
Again.
Without anything to do.

So it is 8:30 p.m. and I am going off to bed already.
No wonder I wake any where from 3 a.m. to 5 a.m.

SO the OLD lady is off to bed.

CG is moving things OUT early

Today College Girl and I are going to help her new room mate move into the dorm. This way we

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are able to help with the room set up. Well, CG is also sneaking in some of her things too! She is so eager to get back on campus.

And we have aready loaded the Ram with her things. (she did that last night) Now all we have left is to finish sorting her clothes from last year and a few things of the sort in her bedroom. Yesterday I did a purge of my and Dear Hubby's closets and came away with some things we do not or can not wear. More from my side than his but easier to do my own. I also wish I could get these floors swept and stay that way. Alas, no can do with all the doors and windows open. I am tired of having gritty feet.

This week Nessa is going to help me get back on track with my Curves diet BIG TIME. I have

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fallen off the band wagon too much and need the boost. I am repaying with help around her place. It seems a fair trade. I like to clean and organize and she likes to cook and plan meals. So it seems like a win win situation.

Well I just have an hour to get my chores done, cleaned up and dressed then drive CG to college so must dash. Hey, I can do it. I have the energy of a bunny rabbit and CG would kill me if we were late anyway. Ta Ta for now blog world.

Credit Is as Credit Does

I was talking to Dear Hubby about credit repair last night. Yeah, I know, not exciting conversation. But it can be very necessary to talk about. I am sure that in this trying economy we are not the only ones looking to improve credit at this time.

I know that there are many credit repair services out there. And trying to figure out all of the credit repair information can be quite mind boggling. Especially if you have a bad head for numbers like I do. This is something I would much rather hand over to someone else to help me with then to muddle my way through it. I am sure your the same way about some of the things you tackle.

One of the biggest things we have done is teach College Girl how important it is to keep clean credit . When you hit college it seems that the credit card companies are ready to help you move into your dorm if you want to accept one of their cards. Thankfully she has managed to be pretty cautious there.

How are you handling the problems of too little money at a time when there is way too much credit?