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New Life Phase

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:01:11 GMT

We are about to set out on what could be the final phase of our life....we hope to never have to move again....but only the Lord knows if that is true. It is very difficult to cull out and throw away what really amounts to a life's work.....we realize that no one else would want or could use all this material....but it is still difficult to let it go. It seems you are throwing away what amounts to YOUR LIFE! We are excited and scared at the same time....excited for the adventure of it all and scared because of the sudden, drastic cut in income that will occur...no more gadgets....no more going some where on the spur of the moment....a lot less eating out! (that could be a good thing hahaha).....more planning! We know we have at least one more trip to make this year.....Julie & Colt's wedding......There will be a lot of work to get us settled when we get there....new medical insurance, driver's license, auto insurance, new places to shop....registering to vote.....(we need major change in our government) and the list goes on.

We so appreciate all the labor that has gone in to our 'project' house....thanks Mike & Laurie and all their helpers. (including Mr Ribble). We appreciate the lawn mowers! (not sure who all that included....Steve & Derek).

.....Kindness is a gift anyone can give.....

Monday, September 07, 2009

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:10:22 GMT

Good Labor Day Morning to y'all.....I have a lot I NEED to do today.....but whether that happens today we will see.....There are 2 hanging plants on my front porch/walk way that are DEAD and need to be removed....I want to put some fall color in them....that would mean a trip to Wally World or Lowes.....also my JUNK closet needs to be down sized.....but that may too big a task for one day!.....also I have ironing to do.....so I may just SIT and think about those tasks...hahaha......I really have about 2 or 3 months work facing me and since I work the rest of the week well......you see what I mean!

Hope Ed and Angie are moved by now or at least most of it moved.....I need to get their new address for my book.

Y'all have a great relaxing day.

.......Kindness is a gift anyone can give.....

Bits & Pieces...

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:01:22 GMT

So glad Ed & Angie got their house.....they have a month to get every thing ready and moved in....work on our house is progressing....from the pics it is looking good.....we have 2 1/2 more months here....I need to do a lot more cleaning and condensing!

Stella Oliver passed away Saturday morning....we will go to her funeral tomorrow. I will have to work until 1:30 P.M. (if I can get off work). Pray from Bro Bobby....he's not sure what he will do next. He still owns his house in Tooele, UT.

My work has been terrible.....new software for scheduling and registering patients, we also have to enter pymts (co-pays and non-insured patient pymts) on this system.....with all the steps involved it takes for EVER! The Docs are getting upset, we can't get the patient back to be seen quick enough and they get behind which slows things down even more...patients become IMpatient and complain....so it is a vicious cycle! Just repercussion after repercussion. The only thing that keeps me going is it is for just 2 more months!

......Kindness is a gift anyone can give......

Storm

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:09:04 GMT

We had a bad storm last night...start of church delayed due to extremely high winds....hugh limbs blown from the trees on the church property.....I am opening this week at work....which means I try to leave the house by 6:20....this morning we awoke about 3:45/4:00 to a storm raging.....I got up at 4:30 got ready for work....I leave about 6:20 it is raining very hard, before I get to work (a 10 minute drive) I can hardly see the rain is coming in sheets....when I get to the office building....it is totally dark....no power. I finally get up the 3 flights of stairs in the dark....get into the office 1 doc is there....NO POWER....nothing works....we call the office manager....she finally gets there another doc and a couple more workers arrive...they decide we will go home and try to come back at 1PM....Manager calls answering service from cell and let them know what has happened and our plans...the docs are so nice they used their cell phones and called all their patients.....I leave the house at 12:15 to be at the office to get a few things done before opening the doors....again it is raining!....thundering and lightening!.....by the time I get to the office the rain is coming in sheets and after I park I am waiting for the rain to subside I can feel the car rocking with the wind! But finally we open the doors and see about 20 patients this afternoon.....After supper tonight we cleaned up a few loose limbs, but will need help getting the the trees cut up and out of our yard and off of the fence. Sorry this was so long.

......Kindness is a gift anyone can give......

Mother's Day

Tue, 12 May 2009 11:00:47 GMT

I had a great Mother's Day....talked to everyone, got flowers, had a great day at church. Not much else happening. We are preparing for our trip to FL in a couple of weeks. Getting ready for Danielle's graduation from High School this Friday. Then a young man from church will be graduating N TX this weekend also. Chatted on line for a few minutes with Tim Shepherd Jr. He is now a commissioned officer in the Army....just got his commission at Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA.

Gotta get ready for work....

......Kindness is a gift anyone can give.....

HAPPY EASTER

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:37:38 GMT

Hope everyone attends church today....to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ....It is a stormy/rainy morning here in TX....we really needed the rain.

.....Kindness is a gift anyone can give.....

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:04:12 GMT

I started to post something Saturday....then I started having trouble with my e-mail....so getting that fixed took up most of my time....then I had to go to work yesterday.....busy, busy, day....We joined the YMCA last week...so we are trying to go out there and walk on the treadmill for at least 20 minutes.....not much time left over...especially for me since I think I'm too old to be working full time (8 hrs qd)....I'm really tired when I get home! But life goes on! I think life was simpler when we didn't have so many 'time saving' gadgets!...

.....Kindness is a gift anyone can give.....

2009

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:05:01 GMT

Hello from sunny WARM (80) Texas.

I had a great start to the new year and the 2nd year at my current job. I took off 2 days before Christmas, but forgot to tell my office manager that I wanted to use some of my PTO for those days. When I signed my time card Wednesday afternoon (Dec. 31st). I realized I was going to have a short pay check, but oh well.....When I came in to work yesterday (Jan. 2nd) my office manager told me "your time card doesn't look right". I reminded her of the 2 days off. She told me to unsign the time card and she would give me the PTO. THANK YOU LORD. Then later in the morning she called me into her office and did my yearly/6 month review. It was good! AND a .25 an hour raise!

I did some yard work. Now I've got to get busy and get some inside work done.

.......Kindness is a gift anyone can give.....

Friday, January 02, 2009

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:18:12 GMT

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

The best laid plans of mice and men. My day did not go as I hoped or planned! I did cook a pot of black-eyed peas with bacon and make a batch of sugar-free chocolate chip cookies.....but from there it went sort of down hill. Friends stopped by and took us to lunch. (We got up late and I cooked a big breakfast-bacon, eggs, biscuits & gravy). We really weren't that hungary. We went to Chili's. Dad got a lunch special w/chili, which turned out to be too spicy for his taste....then we came home....we were too full to fix the dinner I had planned....so we ate cornbread, black-eyed peas and spam....I'm also really bummed about my Zune that I got last Christmas....it will not sync the music that I have bought! let alone the free stuff! I have to go to work tomorrow.

........Kindness is a gift anyone can give.....

Christmas Programs

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:04:26 GMT

Well another year of Christmas Programs are finished!....with all the worry about how many, if any, children would be there and whether or not they would perform as they were directed, is over and as usual they were all present and accounted for and did a beautiful job.....I know all the parent and grandparents were proud.....We are excied for the rest of the week......

.....Kindness is a gift anyone can give.....