I gave Blood today!

Today I gave blood! That may not seem like a big deal to you but there are so many things that I can not do. And this is one thing that I can do. The information that they gave us at the donation center says I helped 3 people by giving blood. I am celebrating a victory!

I also drove myself to the donation center and got my scooter out of the trunk by myself!

Yesterday, I went to a family birthday party also by myself! My husband was bowling in the city tournament. A really big deal to bowlers.

I also was able to go with my husband to a viewing in Fayette, OH. A trip that long is hard on me, but I went anyway to be there for a family member (of the deceased). It was hard, but I made it and am doing O.K.now.

I am very thankful to God for his help!!!!

Thursday

Today is not a great day. I hurt, I can't think very clearly. I needed Don's help just to put clothes in the washer. Our brand new dishwasher is broken. The door lock is frozen locked. Fortunately, the door was open. We called the Whirlpool service number and they will send someone out on Monday to fix it. Don had cleaned out the fridge.(Kudos to him) and now all the plastic containers need to be washed by hand. :(
However, I want to tell you about what happened this week. Don had decided that he needed to get my car working. The battery had been dead for most of the winter. So last Sat. after he ran a errand for Cher, he retrieved our battery charger that Cher and James had borrowed earlier. Then on Tues.he charged up my car. (He had read in the obits online that someone in his hometown had died and the viewing and service would be on Sat. and he didn't want me to be stranded without transportation) On Wed. he got a new battery and got the slow leak in my front tire fixed, so now I can drive my car!!!
That evening I found out that the birthday party for one of my grandsons will be on Sat. So now I can go to the party without asking for transportation. Praise God for his goodness!

Lazy Sunday

Well, I couldn't get up and go to church today, in fact I still don't feel great. Yesterday, I was in pain all day. That was hard to deal with, but we still did what we had planned. One of my sons had come over several times over the last several weeks and help us hook up the new dishwasher and helped us with our laptops. I had turned off my wireless network and didn't know how to turn it back on. Anyway, we took him for lunch and had a great visit with him. But that was all I could do so we came home and I sit for several hours until the pain subsided, then I didn't want to move because I was afraid that the pain would come back.
The weather this past week was great, nice and sunny.
I called a friend the other day. she is on facebook and she had had computer problems recently and had lost by my email address and my phone number. so she messaged me on facebook. So I decided to call her and we had a great talk. Seems, she loves to read also and then emailed me a short list of Authors she enjoyed.
Well, I can't think of anything else to say; so I will stop.

watching the Olympics

My husband and I have been watching the Olympics this past week.. It has been quite exciting. We have cheered on Team USA, but of course, not all of them won but they certainly gave it their all and seemed to enjoy it at the same time. I am not a great sports fan,but have all watched the Olympics all my life. Now I can watch more than I could as a child. Watching the Olympics is a good way to take my mind off of my body. A Good Thing.

Super bowl Monday

Well, even though, I went out and bought a Peyton Manning Jersey and wore it during the game, my beloved Colts lost! OK maybe not beloved, still I am a fan and was a little disappointed.

Yesterday, I was in a lot of pain and am still am hurting today. I told everyone at church, yesterday, how well the inside me was doing, then last night I was feeling a little sorry for myself as I was trying to go to sleep and then the 23rd Psalm came to mind. Once again, I remembered that I was not alone, that the Living God loved me and was with me helping me to bear the pain.

Wedsneday

Today is a so-so day. Yesterday was a day that I was both hurting and exhausted. Just to show how a bad day messes with me, I needed to get some money in the bank and I counted the cash at home and filled out the deposit slip and put in my pocket. When we got to the bank, the teller counted the money several times and I was off by a bunch! Today I am not hurting so much, but I am not feeling very well. Today, I read the last two chapters of Proverbs and was again astounded at what all the wife in Proverbs 31 did. I once tried to be her but I realize now that she is a super woman, whose husband is all he should be and that she had hired help. Anyway, I can't be her anymore, but you what? That is O.K. because God know and loves anyway.

God's Love

Today is Monday. I am doing so-so today. I got the monthly bills paid. I think I finally got the telephone cite fixed so I can pay that bill on line, instead of having to go the local office.

Yesterday was Sunday, and I was able to go to church and enjoyed the service as well talking others. It is so encouraging to talk to other people. Sometimes I miss that part of the job I had. I talked with new people every day. I am a social person. That is one of the things that I have struggled with being home all the time. But the truth of the matter is that I am better able sense God's Love when I don't have so many distractions. I know that God Loves me so much that I would not be going through all this pain and fatigue if it was not necessary. But I also know that He is With me and I don't have to go through all this by myself. That knowledge helps me relax which helps the pain not be so bad.

Just thinking about God's Love leaves speechless and almost in tears.

I guess that's all for today.