Thanks, little brother...

My last post has been trouble from the beginning.

~Arrr~

My brother is trying to help, but it's not easy when we're so far away from one another! ;) But I'm thankful for his smarts in this area just the same...

Thanks, Todd! x's

♥ A Past Love Story ♥

This is a home movie of my parents my brother put together of their wedding reception. No, they were not believers, so you may see stuff and wonder! The small children are me and my cousins at the baby shower a couple years later. Todd, my brother just put a few different reels together to really show off our mom and dad, who we miss dearly!

♪♪ My mom is in the pencil skirt at the beginning and then again in a red dress, doing "the jitterbug" with my dad with his suit coat and then he removes it! I'm the toddler on the far right at the beginning of the movie. ♪♪

***this is a very long movie (5 mins?) and it needs to load first; sry, for the inconvenience***

A candidate for Abdominoplasty?

Plastic surgery?

Yep, I went to see a surgeon yesterday ~ excited, yet afraid too.

Another surgery...

~unhun~

Because of the incisions that were made, the surgeon strongly advised against it! He says that the incision that is horizontal would hamper blood supply, making for huge trouble during surgery and in the healing process but the vertical one (x2) would never stretch for that procedure.

My first surgery was to remove a little more than 1/2 of my liver, to care for what was thought at the time ~ liver cancer. It was true, a large portion of the liver wasn't functioning and after the removal, the Dr's found it wasn't cancer. ;) Praise the Lord!

The second surgery was to fix a huge surgical hernia that had developed on my abdomen almost a year later. I had that surgery just 8 days before leaving for Saskatchewan ~ in retrospect, that might not have been the best move at the time!

While the plastic surgeon urges me not to seek another opinion, he informed me that I, indeed have 2 more hernias and he will refer me to, who he thinks is the finest in the area for this procedure.

Did I mention that this is surgery #3!

~ugh~

I knew I had one hernia and that is why I made the appointment with the plastic surgeon. I thought, if someone could do it once and for all and leave me with no more to worry about in the future, this is the guy to call!

On the other hand, I'm very thankful to live in a country where, we don't go broke when we have serious health issues. If I had to pay for just the first procedure, I'm certain, we would have been "in the poor house" (a phrase my mom often used). Cliffton was in school and lost about 3-5 wks of clinical (caught up later), I had to quit my job and things looked grim but our God is good, sooooo good!

God provided for our every need thru Christians all thru the Maritmes ~ Cliff & Kash had a furnished apt supplied by the Jeremy E. The place was so handy to the hospital, we didn't need to use the vehicle much, church family while we were there (Lower Sackville Baptist Church ~ the Dodds), financial needs were met, a vehicle that made it (and we had our doubts), etc.

Even just mentioning all the blessings, I'm encouraged all over again...

Now, what was it I was complaining about? :s

Ps 55:22 ~ Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

My flowers are holding up well...

Wouldn't you say?

~wink~

a bit more progress...

My kitchen square is finally finished!

And here it is ~ the last square to do...
"the heart of her husband trusts in her"

I will try to finish for the end of the week!
~smile~

My aunt and uncle...

Uncle Kenneth & Aunt Dorcas...

Are always missed by family.

Especially their 5 children that were left behind.

There are many grandchildren...

My girl is home!

~yippee~

Sometimes it feels like everything works against you!

We recently moved to Woodstock NB because we had a desire to come back to the Maritime/Atlantic provinces to be closer to parents. Life is just more familiar here in NB and we were so happy when a job became available at the new hospital in the area.

It's always difficult to get used to a new place. I have struggles as far as direction but with many weeks of repetition, I can usually get around after 2-3 wks (with Kasha's help, of course).

I thought I'd find work right away but that didn't come to pass ~ it's okay, I don't have to work... I'm just a very social character and I want to be among people. After several weeks, Kash got called for an interview which turned into a fine job for her.

It's been our plan to find a place closer to F'ton as soon as it warms up and we can actually look at foundations and other areas when considering a buy. While waiting, we didn't think we struggle with getting to church. We did anticipate difficulty serving, until the time we moved closer, but not getting to the services, afterall, we are back to only the one vehicle...

Satan seems to have hammered us good in the Maritimes, with bad weather to keep us from services altogether. It seems every Wednesday and Sunday, there are weather conditions to contend with. We're experiencing freezing rain at this time, and snow all thru the night. My husband is working at 7, so he won't be here to shovel... ~ugh~

I'm willing to say, we've missed more church this winter than in all the years (17 yrs), we've been going to church.

I'm feeling pretty frustrated at this time.

~sigh~

Six~Week Wogging Plan...

Afraid some may not be able to see how easy this plan is ~ so thought I'd rewrite it!

If you regularly walk about 30 mins most days of the week, you are ready to start wogging. (check with your Dr to be sure) Try the workouts below, 3 or 4 times a week. On the days you don’t wog, either rest or do another activity, such as biking, swimming or weight training.

Week 1 ~ walk 4 mins, jog 2 mins. Repeat 3 times (total: 24 mins)

Week 2 ~ walk 3 mins, jog 3 mins. Repeat 4 times (total: 30 mins)

Week 3 ~ walk 2.5 mins, jog 5 mins. Repeat 3 times (total: 30 mins)

Week 4 ~ walk 3 mins, jog 7 mins. Repeat 2 times (total: 30 mins)

Week 5 ~ walk 2 mins, jog 8 mins. Repeat 2 times (total: 30 mins)

Week 6 ~ walk 2 mins, jog 9 mins. Repeat 2 times (total: 33 mins)

I know, I know...

I saw this in Shelley C's room about 15+ yrs ago and I've asked for it but no one seemed to know where the pattern went. Recently, we visited the Buckingham's home for carrot cake after supper in late January and there it was on her wall. She either didn't know where the pattern went or no longer had it!

~sigh~

What is a woman to do?

~Ebay~

But of course, a little research and $3 later...

Voila!

(used to call attention to or express satisfaction with a thing shown or accomplished)

I know, I know ~ this coming from a woman with sooooo many unfinished projects!

***someday, I'll blog all the things I found after the UFO blog ~ it's scary, REALLY***

Get out your IPod/MP3 player...

Wogging ~ walking for so many minutes and then a jog for so many (x3) and you have a 30+ min workout. I'm gonna give it a try when it dries up around here... After all the snow, that could be a while... :s

I thought I'd share 'cause I know some of my bloggin' buddies are big on walking for exercise. Maybe some of you have already been doing it ~ I know I have before there was a name for it. I just wanted to challenge myself to see if I could try running... Me, a long distance runner? No, running is not my thing but this "woggin' thing" could be something I can do! ;)


So, come on ladies ~ get out your IPods or MP3 players we got for Christmas, and dust off your tread mill... Let's all try it!

Enjoy but post your first experience ~ it might be very positive!

Happy 17th b'day, little girl...

Hello, b'day girl!

This is back when she was 3!


And I had to sneak one in of her with her big brother, Lance!

♪♪ Happy b'day, dear Kasha... ♪♪

We love you!

x's

***we are missing celebrating with Kash this year ~ she's on her first missions trip, but what better place to be on your 17th b'day ~ serving the Lord***