Well I don't know about all my fellow members here but for me I got the Christmas tree out on the curb this morning for pick up by the city disposal services! My pick up day is Thursdays and I couldn't wait another week to take it down!! Last year I was late putting it out for trash collection and it stayed there on the curb for two weeks before I had to dispose of it myself and that was a job for a man using one hand!!
Now my wife and granddaughter can set the dinning room back up where I c
Most of you know it's that time of the year for football playoffs and the Superbowl and also the college playoffs as well so I got something else to watch besides the news that hasn't been to good lately! In fact it's been down right depressing watching all the reporting of deaths, destruct ions and many people with health issues!! Then there is the US government that can't get together to solve the nation's problem of debt and taxes for all American!!
The weather where I am hasn't been good
Many of us lived to see yet another year that wasn't promised to us!! We still have a long way to go in our recoveries from the strokes or our care giving but I feel we can make the trip a little at a time! Each year gets harder and harder but our will power keeps us moving in the right directions by God!!
I do feel for the couple in this world that has been together for nearly all their lives then he decided to shoot and kill the wife for no apparent reason then turn the gun on himself!!
I really wish people wouldn't drink and drive but for many of them they have done this over and over to the point they think they can multi-task?? This is the holiday many good drivers think and feel they can handle it, that is the bottle and the steering wheel, but many of us know that is not true!!! I'm staying home to avoid any such drivers out there on the roads!! Of course new year's eve will probably be worse!!! Some never learn!!
The weather here has turned cold with snow coming by to
Winter is a season that is celebrated around the world. It comes in many different forms with many different methods of celebration. In America, the most significant winter celebration is Christmas, observed on December 25!
Throughout hundreds of generations, (I'm thinking 2300 generations) the Christmas holiday has carried many traditions, from decorating Christmas trees to cooking special holiday foods.
Santa Claus and the Christmas tree are two of the most common traditions found ever
Man, I thought today Friday would never come without more TV news of all the things happening with the shooting at the school, the burials, going over the Cliff at the White House, the snow everywhere, and bad weather in Alabama, to the NRA not having much to say about guns!!!
Today we learn the president has nominated John Kerry as secretary of state replacing his nomination of the lady John McCain and others were against, Ms. Rice!! Another battle goes on between the president and speaker
Most or many of you know by now I am a survivor of a brain bleed stroke on January 15th 2004 and right now that seem like so long ago but it will just be nine years come 15 January 2013! I found this site early January 2005 from a stroke support group guy the hospital has started to better inform us on what to expect after leaving the rehab floor of the hospital!
I enjoyed the group although many of those attending was much older than me and wealthy citizens in their own right and neighborho
A very Merry Christmas to all and wishing you all a Happy New Year 2013!! I know from experience all of us here are just hanging on day by day in trying to recover from a stroke or trying to give all the love we have in our hearts to care for our loved ones whom have survived a stroke or in many cases more than one stroke!!
The one thing we all got in common is we survived and we are trying our very best to Talk, Walk, and recover as a survivor in speech, occupational, and physical therapy w
Can you believe there is about 15 days before Christmas?? With all the cyber shopping and extended days to shop some more it seems like Thanksgiving was just last week? Maybe because I'm still eating turkey salad and ham sandwiches from what's left of a small fried turkey for thanksgiving!! I spoke of the weather being exceptional warm for December, well, that all changed by the time we made it back home to central Texas last evening!
It's cold and windy today with temps around 36 degrees wi
Can you believe it? December is here, today is the 7th, the day Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese and we still got veterans of that era alive and well! in Japan and many states across America! A typhoon hit Tokyo today causing much damage like the tsunami did a few years ago causing so many lives lost, nuclear tank damage and structure damage everywhere!
Aside from that this December is so different this year, no snow in the usual areas, it's unusually warm, butterflies everywhere it's
This is a subject that goes way back farther than we can imagine, "For God loveth a cheerful giver" For many, many Christians, December 25th is a time of celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ the son of God. Even though it is most likely not the exact date of Jesus' birth of mankind's Redeemer.
Traditions often inspire joy and a sense of belonging. They also help create heartwarming memories for children and adults alike for years to come. Yet it is fascinating to learn the history behind so
"My how time slips away" today is the last day in November so Christmas is so close and to get you in the holiday spirit just go to the stores, Walmart, Kmart, the malls and yes the grocery stores too!! They are all ready for Christmas! Lowe's, Walmart, Home Depot and others are ready with fresh cut live trees and all the decorations you ever wanted for your yard, house top, doors or any place you want to put up decoration they got you covered for sure!!
The prices aren't bad because they al
I just learned of your Mum passing into heaven very peacefully as you had wanted it to be!! With that I say all our prayers took hold and was heard by God! May His Grace and Mercy take hold and she rest in His presents in this life on the other side!!!
We must remember we too shall go this way one day we know not the hour and we will be in God's hands!!
Sue, you have given so much of yourself over the wonderful years with your loving husband Ray while caring for you dear dad only to turn
The Friday after Thanksgiving commonly called black Friday will start early this year at 8pm Thursday evening Thanksgiving day!!!! All the TV stations, CNN too has ads stating shopping starts early this year at 8pm Thursday evening with Sears leading the way along with Kmart!!
You can imagine all the stores will follow suit as they are all open to making money and hiring more people to handle the shopping season through the end of this year!! I did speak to the manager at Walmart where I onc
Until now I had not ever heard of this Title or a kind of storm with snow like this, I guess but what it is for this part of the country is pain and suffering!! I hope the ones affected take all precautions possible to prevent loss of life!! We have talked about this kind of conditions happenings about every 50 to 100 years in different parts of the United States and other place around the world!!!
It's a very sad time for people this time of the year with Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New
Wouldn't it be boring if we had no worries in life???? Think of how much time we would have on our hands and a mind that is free of worries in life!! Really can you just imagine life with no worries??? I bet that kind of person would live a long life like the guy in the bible did (Methuliser) I don't know how to spell his name nor at this moment where to find it in my bible!!!
That's boring, I got no worry because if you read this blog you get my drift!! Reminds me of some of those Clint Eas
This Sandy storm has come and gone but not without unusual destruction in several states leaving so many homeless, some changing to another hospital, and still many others not really knowing what they will do next! Hard decisions must be made in many cases on where will I live next, rebuild and start over, or stay with family or friends????
Having to make decisions like this is very hard on any person especially when they have lived much of their lives where they are now but staying there is
We all know the storm has passed most of our areas and maybe back out to sea by now but the damage she left in her wake is very visible! I can only imagine the number of prayers said during the raging storms travel to the place it made the left turn and hit NJ, NY, and the other states in her path! Much damage was seen from beginning to end as was predicted!
We must be grateful the number of lives lost was minimal considering the power this storm carried as predicted! The rescues I feel were
Hurricanes are not new to us and it appears they come yearly and have their own seasons of destruction's somewhere around the United States and the tropical countries and town! It seem now even earthquakes are more plentiful than years ago! Tornadoes are happening more often lately in the US and all of these mother nature functions gives all of us something more to be concerned about yearly in seasons!
Our vacations must be carefully planned to ensure a completed vacation is what we get for
Finder Skirts: Some of you won't understand but I bet you know someone who does! That person being anyone that was around in the 1950's as a teenager perhaps! Well now those teenager are grand parents well over the age of a teenager but no doubt talked about Fender Skirts, Curb Feelers, Steering Knobs (aka) suicide knobs or necker knobs! That was the accessories most cars had in the 50's and 60's plus the Continental kits that was a rear bumper extender and spare tire covers that made any car co
I couldn't believe when I looked at my last time I did a blog it's been well over two weeks! My how time flies when you are going to appointments and getting medical attention! I must say I feel the slow heart beat I had saved me from getting a steroid injection hours before the announcement was made on TV that the injections were contaminated with a meningitis virus!!
Again, I can say all things that happens to you or with you are not necessarily bad but we tend to think so when a condition
I'm a great wanderer and was like that before the stroke but here lately I have started wondering how would I have been had I not learned to walk, started driving again or lost another wife for the fourth time?? Then when I come back to my senses I have to give thanks to my God for allowing me to heal in all the right places at a time much sooner than I had expected!
After five months in the hospital I said Oh, Oh, I'm going to need help for the rest of my life, what did I do so bad to deser
A stroke, brain attack, or a Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA), is the sudden death of brain cells caused by a lack of supply in oxygen to the brain. There are two main types of stroke:
Ischemic strokes or cerebral infarcts (80% of strokes) result from a blockage or a reduction of blood flow in an artery that irrigates the brain. They are caused either by a blood clot (thrombus) which blocks the blood vessel or by the buildup of plaque (often due to cholesterol) within the arteries which
I guess I'm OK according to my doctor, it took many test and five days for him to say the slow heart beat at my age and my activities was somewhat usual!! Maybe that's another way to say I couldn't find what is causing the slow heart beat but don't be too concerned right now!! My arteries were not blocked and no construction anywhere else could be seen or found and I had several kinds of test so for all that I don't feel any pains in the chest area just that the other doctor wouldn't give me the
Thursday I go in to see the heart doctor that ordered the heart monitor and see what he has found out about my heart condition! The thing that concerned me most was the slow beat they are ranting about!! Maybe it doesn't have to work so hard since half my brain is not working to good and many of those cells are dead or just sitting there in limbo not needing any fresh blood pumped up to them!!
I got 4 days of test before he tells me the news!!!
My hope is I won't have to be hospitalized
