BEAUTY IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER!
Carl's hard work and mine are blooming with beauty.
I'll be taking more pictures as time goes on. The butter-
fly garden is just starting I'm watering once after the
sun goes down.
Thank you all for reading my blog, it is the best therapy
without paying the doctor. :cocktail:
remembertolaugh, Jeanniebean
You know when you have a story to tell, you start at the beginning. I have
to start at the beginning.
When I was a young child I was a very sick child. My mother always had me at the doctors just about everything, now looking back
on those days. I am the youngest of four, all together 3 girls and 1 boy. #1 sister had a heart murmur,
the only boy was allergic to wool, #2 sister was normal until later in her life ( that's another story for another time), and then
their was me. Ever
Tomatoes freshly picked just right outside my front door. All that hard work in the spring is paying off.
I have to make it a routine to water in the early morning before the sun hits the plants, and the bugs can eat me up. Now I
can enjoy the fruits of my labor. I see those clumps of green grape tomatoes, just waiting till ripe. I'm thinking
of the perfect use. Fresh tomatoes with fresh made pasta. I can't wait to try out my new pasta attachment to my
Kitchen Aid sta
Well it has been great day to be outside. Days have breezes, open windows, and enjoying my garden grow. But like a good things must come to and end. Since the month of June the weather has changed to Hot, Humid, windows have to be close and turn on the A/C.
I have started back to my inside hobbies, crocheting, cleaning and rearranging my rooms. After receiving my last installment from Social Security I always wanted a laptop. I got my laptop and I purchased a router. I want or need Carl
Since so many of you are interested in how I lost the 70 lbs you will all have to wait till I put those thoughts together and put them to paper. But not to let you all hanging
and wondering I did work at it.
A new Bra:
My back has been bothering me and I feel like I am all hunched over. I've been
wearing a front closure bra since my stroke. Now any men reading this might want to
stop for this is all girls talk. LOL
Post stroke when I started getting out and about I could not hook my regular back hooked
bra.So I went to the store to find a front hook and I was satisfied. Now that years have passed I find the urge that after loosing 70 lbs. and getting the use of my arms and shoul
THANK THE LORD
I prevailed! I now know how to post pictures, I posted the pictures
from Planting the flower beds at the Emory Rehab Ctr. Everyone
scattered when I mention taking a picture so from left to right:
Mr.&Mrs. Padgett, Kirk Hines, Sherrill Peoples, me with the
off white Newsboy Cap, and Carl with his red Newsboy cap.
Flustrated
I'm first trying to resize my pic. But before that I was trying to
upload pic to this site and I keep getting an error. I found you have
to pick the size of pic you want when you take the it. I followed
the help on the site but something I am missing? I want to attache
an album, I figured that but when I upload I don't know.
I have pictures that I uploaded to my web page and went the URL
to friends, they told me pic are great. So I know I can do
BUTTERFLY GARDEN
I finally dug up the area in front of my house next to my sidewalk that lead
out to the street and the driveway. Part of it is already had Dwarf Iris and Day
Lillie's and Asian Lillie's. I have another 6' that is weeds and mud ugly. I
turned that over and added compost to break up that Georgia Clay dirt, and
added lots of good organic fertalizer all with the help of my very very best
friends Mary and Robert. She even put my plastic sides in to
I DUG 1 TOO MANY HOLES
I've been outside digging holes one after another. After planting at the Rehab
Thursday Carl got another bug up (you know where) to go to the nursery and
buy more plants. Carl has decided we are going to have in the front yard a
butterfly garden. We've got a variety of perennials (cuz I'm not doing this
over again next year) and Day Lilly, and Asian Lilly. I avoided going out
when Carl went cus I wanted to catch up one reading the news and
Fertilize for root shock all newely planted plants. Including my feet. This is the time I really get to try out my new meds pertaining to my angia. Last year I was in a study and I recorded for 4 weeks when I got that awaufl censation and would have to pop a Neg pill. I was approved for the meds and then Medicare denied me, so then I had to get a letter from my doc to say the neg were not working and gave them my results from the study.
Time to put the computer to the side
Well all is good at the home front. Carl is keeping his talking up,
I have stepped away from the computer and outside. We are
having some great spring days, start out in the low 50's and
max by noon to a cool 70. I was to the nursery and found
dwarf irises, for the front along the driveway. Three plants
in three different colors, one in butterscotch, one in deep
purple and one in light violet. I hope they bloom this year,
A healing supper.
My two friends have joined together to spread their healing
abilities. I'll go into that at another time.
Carl and I were invited to join in a chicken soup tribal
ceremonial given to Melody-Rose from one of her elders.
I even got Carl so interested he was going to see friends that he
wanted to make a dish to bring. Not to upset his apple cart I
assisted him in making his dish. Since Carl's post stroke he
has to be left to run his tho
UPSIDE DOWN GROWING TOMATOES
:BashHead: :nuhuh: Yes I would be glad to answer since it is my blog!
:forgive_me?: You can buy the planters in the retail Home Depot
or Nursery.But what we did is go the the dollar store
and get pails for buck. Put a hole on the bottom the size
of a quarter. Take a S hook (that is large enough) and
squeeze one side on the handle and the other side of the
S hook is your hanger side. We have a wire fence
around our property
I have been asking the Holy Spirit to send me help, and help has arrived. Carl and I rent a house with a small yard. We get a boy in the neighbor to cut our grass (weeds) usually. Carl has for the past four years put a garden in, but this year he needs help. My landlord sent over one of his helpers and my prayer has been answered.
The man is in his sixty's and glad to be helping Carl, and can understand him. If not he tell him to settle down and Carl accepts it. They are working together and l
Thanks everyone for the understanding, sometimes when things go a ry you think it only happens to you. Let :BashHead: me introduce you to my hubby, his name is Carl he is 62
never been sick a day in his life. Until one day in July of '07' was stroked. He refused to go to the hospital, he was scared (which came out in a later discussion) and I was scared mixed with confusion. The next day I insisted I take him to emergency. He would not let me call 911. He was paralyzed on the right side and hi
:BashHead:
Once Again I Missed Chat on Sunday
I really wanted to get to chat cuz I would like to hear how every one else uses the blog. All the things on the site. I hope we schedule another chat. I would like to hear some experts experiences.
I'm just experimenting not really understanding the Quick Access. I'm enjoying the blogging even if I don't post what I wrote down. Just easy way to express feelings of joy or confusion ect.
I was under the assumption I was going to have a wonderful day. That was the problem "I thought" who ever told you you can think? After all when another person is involved the whole picture changes. Now their are two people involved in thinking, perception, judgment. All things considered. I am usually most of the time using spirit to guide me through my day. After all we are all one. So, their is only one who knows what you are thinking. But when you throw life into the picture you have confusi
Today is a good day. Good day, what makes a good day I'll count the ways: When your hubby has been complaining of back pain and finally decide to go to the Chiropractor, and while we are at the doc I ask for an adjustment. WOW!
See I believe in Chiropractors. My hubby always went to one and inter deuce me to the practice. When I had my stroke the Chiropractor said he can't work on me because of the stroke. So for four year I have not had an adjustment.
Chiropractors do not want to adjust in
:happybday: :happydance:
I's my birthday and I can still party!
I'm not able to party like I could at 25, but I give it a good try.
When I got up this morning and went to brush my teeth I looked into the mirror and yep I'm still here. I will enjoy and be happy for I never know of my last day. I am blessed to be hear, being stroked brought me to hear my Holy Spirit. I rely on spiritualism. This world we call home is really the ego's home. We are just a actor in a play. Following a script.
:yadayada: Well since Sunday with the big snow, it snowed in Atlanta Georgia, weather has changed to be beautiful, trees are budding out. The hubby finally let me drive the auto. I don't drive to often, maybe to the store around the block. Never at night, my night vision is gone.
I'm getting back in the roll of my daily exercise, walking around the block which happen to be a Park. Going the Y for my three times a week, one hour of water exercise. I have arthritic knees, and water exercises
Spring is a renewing time of the year. Hear the birds singing, having rain showers, trees are budding out, daffodils are blooming. As I sit and take the sounds in around me something comes over me. I'm alive, I was stroked, but I'm still her to bring a message to others. Shake off the last years woes. I am fortunate for I am not bound to a chair I can walk, not far but I can walk. I feel great today.
I finally made the decision to get another vehicle. Or at least go to the car dealer and look
My day started out lying in bed, opening my eyes, hearing the TV on. My natural thought is hubby is up. Until, I hear the snore, next to me. I do my morning constitution, coffee just finished brewing (set on automatic to brew and be ready for me when I wake up). That's when it all was decided (remind you I saying I did not make a conscience decide) I picked up the clicker and I was unable to change the station, the volume, turn it off. Ok, it must be the the batteries, I'll change them and ???
Friends, I seem to through the years have forgotten all my friends names I had through High School. After moving here and their, lost the year book, had a stroke, I would like to reconnect with them. A friend I had when I worked with sent me a invite to Face Book. I signed up, and that was the end of it. I really didn't think I would find anyone. So, time has passed and now I have some 25 friends.
Steve Mallory happens to be one of my friends. If I can not find the old friends, I'll take the
After being in the chat room today and talking to hostjan, she game me a inspirational thought about writing my thought down in the form of a blog. Thanks to jan.
I've never attempted to do this before because since my stroke in 05 i have trouble collecting my thoughts.
Collecting my thoughts to put on paper, keeping a journal, writing poetry, writing a instruction manual. Stop!
I am 54 years old. I have not worked a day in my life since I had my first stroke 01which i or the doctors didn