Ain’t That The Truth! ~ Today’s Daily Video
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Oct 30 @ 18:40 OK, I think I’m good to go for a while…I duplicated this entire page, on the duplicate I deleted everything from July 1 – present; on this page I deleted everything before June 30. Then I archived (as I have in the past) the duplicate page. That should greatly reduce the load here and stop the errors for a while, until it gets overloaded again. The tech support told me to only keep 3 months active, and archive accordingly. I might start doing that next year, especially as I really doubt that anybody scrolls down this page that far anyway. OK, I’m going to take care of the PoiBoiz, give Josie her medicine (2 weeks of coccidia stuff) and get her evening snack…then, since it doesn’t look like Charlie will be coming home tonight, go to bed. See you tomorrow God willin’ and the creek don’t rise❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Oct 30, 2026 @ 16:48 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Lots going on here…one of the girls had to go the local ER yesterday, they sent her to a larger hospital for further testing and evaluation, but hoping she can come home soon. We didn’t get much sleep as we were waiting for the call to pick her up from the ER but they didn’t send her to the big hospital until this morning…but it’s all good, as long as she is ok! In other news, this site crashed BIG TIME yesterday evening. I haven’t been able to get in at all. After spending quite a bit of time with tech support and getting good advice, I backed it up and then tried using my optimization plug-in and, for the moment at least, I am able to use it. The site was still up actually but I couldn’t do any changes or editing. So I’m doing it now that I can for today, and will also get Don’s Guest Post done and schedule it to go live tomorrow, in case I can’t get back in. I’m not sure I will be able to do what I need to do per tech support today – lack of sleep and things going on – but at least Don’s post will be ready if nothing else. So that is my day and I’m ready for everything to go back to normal hahaha! I will hopefully see you tomorrow, enjoy your weekend❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Oct 29, 2026 @ 19:07 Good evening family & friends❣️ After a few more hours of sleep I came back, and did today’s updates/additions on the blog. The travel trailer didn’t come yesterday or today, maybe tomorrow? I can call them in the morning (or whenever I get up). Meanwhile today got busy, the results of Josie’s fecal test came back, she has whipworms, coccidiosis, and her tapeworm antigen was positive. So…meds it is! Plus all of the precautions we have to take with her because of the whipworms (which are zoonotic) especially. I had to go down to her vet to get her meds, then home a few minutes later get little Luna off her bus and take her to rehearsal, then go back to the vet – because I’m an idiot, don’t ask – then go pick up the kids and drive them home, then we went to Ollie’s and the Dollar Tree for multiple things that we needed but especially baby wipes for Josie after she poops. I just got home a little while ago and am ready for bed. I love doing all the things I did today, and none of it is any problem whatsoever…except everything exhausts my brain anymore. So I’m going to skip dinner, take care of the PoiBoiz, and go crash! But it was a fun day and I loved spending time with the grands, that’s always the high point of my days! I will see you tomorrow for Foodie Friday, sleep well❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Oct 29, 2026 @ 06:17 Good morning family & friends❣️ Well golly, this is getting to be a habit with Miss Josie! 04:00 seems to be her time to get up and about! So I took her out of her crate next to my side of the bed and got her outside first of all. The back porch light had been left on, so there were a lot of bugs around. Josie went out the door and started down the ramp, then POUNCED like a cat, with both front feet, on some sort of jumping insect. Cracked me right up! Anyway, when we came in I fired up the laptop and, as usual, opened up my email – and there were no accounts to log into! I went to my server and it didn’t show any of my domains or subdomains either, it was like they all ceased to exist. I was FREAKING OUT!!!! Then, while I was starting to file a report, they came back. That I knew of, it was about 10 minutes that they appeared to be gone. The scariest feeling…everything from email to websites (all of them) and everything in-between just gone…wow, I’m still trying to restart my heart! Anyway, I will get back to the blog later, for now I need to go back to bed for a while, 3 hours is definitely not enough sleep for this old gal! I just hope that Josie agrees…see you later🥱
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Oct 28, 2026 @ 05:16 Good morning family & friends❣️ Well I was up before 04:00 with Josie. She didn’t wake me up, but I woke up to use the bathroom and then she wanted to go outside and once she did her business out there she was wound up so here we are, still awake. Well, I am. She’s now sleeping in my chair next to me. But today will be another busy day so I thought I should get the blog additions/updates done before things start happening. Our new travel trailer – which will be Pete’s long-awaited ham shack, also a hang-out spot for the girls, they can store their stuff out there, and use it to get away from the old people with whom they live when they can’t take it anymore 😆, or go out to watch TV, or whatever – is being delivered this afternoon. First Pete & the girls will go to the dealership for their walk-through, then it will come here. I’m not sure that I will go for the walk-through since I won’t be using it; also that might be a good time for my nap. But it will be a busy day nonetheless. And now at least I won’t have to worry about the blog! So I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday and I will see you tomorrow, if not before…I do plan to share photos of the day but not sure if I will get that done today or not…anyway…see you next time❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Oct 27, 2026 @ 19:03 Good evening family & friends❣️ Another busy day. Why did our days get so busy all of the sudden? Today as soon as I woke up I had a call from the vet’s office asking if I wanted an appointment that opened up this morning; she had an appointment for Friday but the sooner the better. I had to rush to get there but we made it. It was quite a long appointment, because we have the greatest vet – and their staff – in the world, and she was excited for us, and delighted with Josie. They are so wonderful there! I talked too much too, that’s always a “thing” on my bad brain days, but they were patient and really loved on Josie a lot. When we got home Pete and the girls went somewhere and I made something to eat and then fell asleep in my chair – no surprise there of course! When I woke up I started working on the blog and visited my mastodon home (theres.life is still down so I’m spending my time on my very-close-second favorite instance, freeatlantis.com). So other than my nap I’ve been rushing around all day. I hope tomorrow is a little slower, but whatever God has for me, I’m there for it. Anyway, I’m done for the day, and I willl see you tomorrow…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Oct 26, 2026 Our 7YO granddaughter Luna was the first in the family to meet Josie, and it was love at first sight – worked both ways too! Luna was so excited that someone finally had a dog that was small enough for her to pick up and carry and have on her lap! They were absolutely precious together 🥰
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Oct 26, 2026 @ 21:21 (!) Good evening family & friends❣️ I’m sitting here finally finishing up today’s blogging updates/additions, with my new little sidekick at my side. I am teaching her to stay next to me while I’m working, and she already is getting the hang of it. As you can see, she is quite excited by the whole process hahaha! Busy day today though. After I was up in the wee hours with Josie, we did manage to get a few more hours of sleep. Then errands to run. Then an hour or so with Luna here before we had to pick up her siblings from rehearsal, and I drove them all home…then I took the girls to Walmart…then it was one thing after another all evening with this new little puppy o’ mine, as it always is with puppies. AND of course making sure not to neglect my #1 gurl, Maisie. Made myself supper, worked on the blog with many dog-related interruptions and I’m finally at the point where I can finish up here, take care of my PoiBoiz, and go to bed. Finally. Josie did get a new collar and leash today, and puppy food (Royal Canin, the pieces are about the size of those itty-bitty Chiclet gum we used get as kids), plus a stuff Lambchop to cuddle with, and a puppy chew toy. Anyway, it was just a tad too many things going on, an overload of activity and sensory input,even though it was a good day otherwise, and I’m ready for sleep! So I will see you tomorrow…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Oct 26, 2026 @ 05:30 Good morning family & friends❣️ I have been up for nearly 2 hours, believe it or not. Josie slept so well and so quietly all night in her crate next to me that I was worried about her so I got up to check on her and that was that, she was UP! And ready to play! So I learned my lesson about THAT hahaha! (See photos below.) After she was up for a while, had pottied outside, had a drink and a snack, and made sure she woke up Pete too – LOL – I put her back in her crate while I came down for my coffee. For a few minutes she started whining…then howling like a big scary wolf (which cracked me up)…and now it sounds like she went to sleep again. Anyway, first morning with Josie.
And Maisie: her nose is a little out of joint today. She wasn’t happy about being up in the middle of the night, with “her” baby wanting to play right off the bat. And even less happy when I brought Josie in from outside and she growled and snapped at Maisie – which is the first time Josie got in trouble here. That’s something I definitely am nipping in the bud! She appeared suitably contrite though, so my message got through. It’s all new to them both, and will take time for all of the dust to settle. Anyway, I’ll probably go take a nap (maybe my first of many today?) and will see you later❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
Does this puppy ever stop??? LOL after a few hours of sleep she was rarin’ to go and it’s hard to get clear photos of a rarin’ pup!
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Oct 25 @ 19:14 Guess what I have been doing today? First I had to drive about 2½ hours to bring the girls back…then I drove another 2½ hours to go pick up Miss Baby Josie!
When we walked in the door with Josie I told Maisie, this is your new baby!!! Within a couple of minutes – and after Josie growled at Maisie for a few seconds (cracked me up!) Josie was following Maisie all around, and Maisie has had her eye on Josie constantly, like a helicopter mom…so sweet! I will be sharing much more about this precious tiny (5MO) baby but for tonight, I’m totally wiped out but want to, at the very least, get Don’s Guest Post up. So I’ll do that and will see you tomorrow, with many more pictures, I am sure!
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Oct 25, 2026 @ 11:13 Good morning family & friends❣️ Aaaaand….we’re off! Just woke up and need to toss on some clothes and run out the door again, time to pick up the girls. (Pete is at church, and has a meeting after the service.) Will be back later this afternoon, and hoping to do the blog stuff when I get here. I posted an ad yesterday on that site I was telling you about and it has 338 views already – golly, that’s great! Supposed to be in the upper 60s today, looks like it’s a little cloudier than it’s been lately which is fine, and easier for me for driving – no bright sun – yay! So I am planning to see you later, have a great day❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Oct 24, 2026 @ 17:44 (!) OK, I got my daily content added/updated, plus my Caturday meme gallery and my health page. Other than that I have just done a few little things that I wanted to do here, and will be going to bed shortly. Pete made us a simple yet lovely dinner, which I just finished. It was a beautiful day outside, the autumn colors are bright and vivid when the sun is out. This is the first year I didn’t take pictures of all of the colors, but I have many photos from the past that I can look at if I want to. It’s kind of quiet – not necessarily a good thing – without the girls here. Bojack misses them the most of course. Pete is counting down the days until the RV is delivered, and is excited about that. I learned about another site where I may be able to find a little dog and I think it is the best one yet as they are not listed through shelters or rescues (see my earlier update) but rather by the owners. Most are from or by breeders which I’m not interested in but there are plenty of people that just need to rehome their babies for one reason or another and those are the ones that have my attention. Anyway it is bedtime, I will see you tomorrow God willing…have a good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Oct 24, 2026 @ 12:29 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I have come to the conclusion that I can either blog, or have a life. Yesterday was busy and brain-wearying, and started early. By the time we got home in the evening I was not able to work on the blog. Do I REALLY have to choose? I feel I’m doing a disservice to my loyal readers; however I will continue to do the best that I can…and with that… It is another sunny, breezy day in the mid-60s. I could go somewhere but am choosing not to…and here is why: I am looking for a dog. A small dog, a little lap dog, one that I can easily pick up, play with (without getting hurt), take in the car, etc. I have been looking online for several weeks, and have a list of dogs that interest me. But of course you can’t tell anything by a picture and a few sentences on a screen; spending time with a dog – or any potential pet – is the only way to really know. And I haven’t been able to do that yet. Rescues, shelters, etc., for the most part, are no longer a place to walk in and meet their dogs. It takes sometimes weeks to complete forms and wait for replies, get pre-approved, then screened, then allowed to actually meet any dogs. And even worse is the dreaded, “If you haven’t heard from us in 2 weeks, you haven’t been chosen…” phrase. Yes, I get it – but isn’t this a bit overboard?* Anyway, those are the places I have chosen not to use, obviously…and there are only a couple of the old-fashioned walk-in-and-meet-the-dogs-fill-out-paperwork-and-take-your-new-dog-home places left. (Animal control places are much more likely to be to my liking for this reason – plus their dogs don’t often have a lot of time to find homes.) I had wanted to visit one that has a little guy in whom I am particularly interested today. Then I realized that after yesterday’s long day it might not be in my own best interest to go on a Saturday where there will likely be more people to deal with, in addition to barking dogs…anyway, I decided instead to stay home, since there’s no rush, and do the things – like the blog – that I wasn’t able to do yesterday. So here I am. It is quiet, the girls are visiting family this weekend, and I can get a lot done – or I can be in my dark room. I’m choosing to get a lot done. And that will be my weekend. Happy Saturday❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
*Yes, I GET IT! What the people who run the shelters and rescues have to see, and other people’s messes that they have to cleanup, and the suffering that they work so hard to alleviate…I couldn’t do it. It kills me that they have to, and I totally understand why they have such stringent measures in place: they have to protect their pets and give them the absolute best chance at the perfect forever home. Yes, I do get it, at the same time I am frustrated on the other side of the fence, knowing I have a perfect forever home but jumping through all of the hoops doesn’t get me any closer to taking a dog that needs me, and my home, and is sitting in a cage somewhere while I’m sitting here filling out forms and waiting for replies that may never come…
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Oct 22, 2026 @ 20:22 Good evening family & friends❣️ Today was more eventful than anticipated. One of the girls needed to go to the ER, for one thing…and one of Pete’s sons had to go to the ER by ambulance as well – all at about the same time. (Not the same ER’s.) So Pete went one way and I went another and that took up our late afternoons and early evenings – though obviously neither of us minded! Except that I knew I’d still have to do the blog stuff when I got home, so I rested in the car in the hospital parking lot for those couple of hours. It all worked out. And now today’s blog updates/additions are done, I can go to bed, and will see you tomorrow – sleep well❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Oct 22, 2026 @ 14:53 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I don’t know what I was thinking yesterday when I wrote that I would be back later…I should really do a health page update about that, and why. Anyway, as you can see I didn’t get back later, as usual after we ate, then went to the pet store, then went to Walmart (I waited in the car), then when I got home, guess what I did? 🙄 And then I didn’t get up until about 90 minutes ago…anyway, I WILL be getting Don’t guest post up shortly, as well as the usual 4 updates, if nothing else. And probably a health page update too…anyway, happy Friday Eve to all who celebrate❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Oct 21, 2026 @ 14:48 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Another sunny breezy day in the mid-60s…this never gets old! I slept for just shy of 12 hours – and feeling better – and today I will be busy. All 3 grands will be here (2 have already arrived) for a while, and then we’re taking one of the girls out for dinner – she turns 18 today! So I will be back later to do the updates and additions…enjoy your Wednesday❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Oct 20, 2026 @ 15:21 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Today will be a short one, I didn’t get up unti 2:00…then again I didn’t fall asleep until 8:30 – though I did doze off for 2 short “naps” during the night. Which is the opposite of my typical 12+ hours of sleep out of every 24. Insomnia is something I’m definitely not used to! Anyway I woke up to another sunny breezy day with a temp of about 60°F (the weather, not me 🤓) so it is really beautiful outside. I don’t plan to go anywhere, or even get dressed, due to the headache that kept me awake (that gazebo definitely won the battle 😆)…so probably won’t do much either. Maybe just have some eggs and toast, and go back to bed. I will do a meme gallery later if I can though, and will of course provide another short update and link. Have a terrific Tuesday and I will be back❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Oct 19, 2026 @ 12:51 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ And it’s another Monday…but it is sunny and breezy, mid-60s for the temp, and not a lot going on here again. It will be another quiet day I think. Planning a single simple meal today as I ate a lot over the weekend (but did include a long fast as well), and it was nice. Kind of wishing I had somewhere to go since it is so beautiful out…maybe I will think of something later. Anyway, I hope you have a good day and I will see you tomorrow if not before❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Oct 18, 2026 @ 18:16 Good evening family & friends❣️ Today has been a very laid-back day. I slept until noon (after having slept in short naps all night) and worked on the blog after I got my coffee. Once I had that almost done I had something to eat, fell asleep here in my chair, and once I woke up I got Don’s Guest Post up…so now I’m finishing up for the day. And that was it. Very quiet day indeed. Which means not a lot about which to write now 🤷. But I do have a cute picture of the dogs I snapped when I woke up, which I’ve shared above. I hope you had a good weekend, thanks for stopping by❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Oct 17, 2026 @ 16:24 Good afternoon, I am back! This morning Casey took me out for a pedicure and it was a pretty great experience, complete with exfoliation, hot rocks, lotions, etc…and even a massage chair! We got matching fall-themed polish too! I’ve never had gel polish on my nails before, it is so shiny and smooth…a wonderful time! Then we stopped for a quick lunch at Chik-Fil-A, which just opened earlier this in Bay City. The food tasted good too but the company was even better 💝 with my girl. After got home, of course, I had to sleep (about 3 hours)…not sure what I’ll do with the rest of my day but I need to catch up on Polos and emails for sure! I hope you are enjoying your weekend, whatever that means to you, and I will see you tomorrow❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Oct 17, 2026 @ 09:01 Good morning family & friends❣️ Sunny outside, no breeze that I can see, and 31°F according to Waterfox. Going up to the mid-50s today, they say. Casey will be picking me up shortly to go get my first-ever pedicure, just a girl thing we are doing together. Now that we’re not traveling a couple of hours a week to my therapy sessions and having our car chats we don’t see each other as much so this will be fun. I think…having never done it before that is that assumption… So I will be back later to do the updates/additions, enjoy your morning❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Oct 16, 2026 @ 19:26 Hi again, family & friends❣️ Well I think I’m about done with the blog for today…in other news I have supper in the AFO (air fryer oven, if you don’t read my chiachow.net page) and about to go wash today’s dishes so we can dirty another sinkful when we eat hahaha! Today we (the girls and I) stopped at a store that’s kind of new here in Bay City, it’s called Blue Line Liquidations and it seems to be a combination of scratch’n’dent and pallet/bin store. They are on FB but don’t have their own website. I found a lot of goodies there that I had to bring home! Also went to the grocery store for the 2nd-half-of-the-month shop, so that’s done too. That’s about it for today, I hope you guys had a good one too and I will see you tomorrow but probably not too early, Casey and I are going out in the morning…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Oct 16, 2026 @ 17:45 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Welcome to my world…and my brain 😵. I got up and started to work on the blog today, as usual…got side-tracked meme hunting…did a couple of more things on it…remembered I needed something from the store…left…ended up stopping at a half-dozen places…just got home and realized I’d never finished today blog updates/additions! Yup…that’s how I spend every day and then wondering why I can’t get anything accomplished 🙄. Anyway I will be working on it yet today and getting it done, unless…🐿️!!!
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Oct 15, 2026 @ 20:25 Good evening family & friends❣️ We have been gone all day – and I mean ALL day! We left within an hour of me getting up this morning, and just got home about 2 hours ago – just enough time for me to do today’s blog updates/additions. I will be happy to get to bed tonight, even moreso than every other day. What we were doing all day, you might ask? Well, were were buying a travel trailer, actually. Spent an hour or more at the dealership, went out to lunch, then came back to sign the reams of paperwork – more, I think, than when we bought Gloria (our house) – exactly 2 years ago today. Anyway I will write about our as-yet-unnamed trailer tomorrow, since I’ve not yet even mentioned that we’ve been looking, and what-for and why. For now, it’s time to give the #PoiBoiz their nighttime feeding and then crawl into bed. I will see you tomorrow…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Oct 14, 2026 @ 13:16 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ It is chilly and gray and breezy today. I will be leaving shortly to pick up an rx and probably get a haircut, I’m looking pretty awful. My hair is at the length where my many cowlicks just make it stick up in some parts of my head, with flat spots in others. Just an awful look. In other news, this morning when I fired up my browser it was sitting on one of the video shorts sites that I look at to relax at night. I don’t watch them all, I just pick the ones that are about Jesus or animals, mainly, and the AI videos I skip altogether. Anyway, the video I shared below is the first time I’d seen this guy, and it hit me between the eyes like a ton of bricks. It was a big WOW moment for me. So I put it up here too, as I do most – or many – WOW moments. I hope you are edified by it. (I have since watched a few more of his video shorts and they are all just as good.) So now that I have my blog updated for the day I will be getting on with things, and will see you tomorrow if not before – have a wonderful Wednesday❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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https://chia.owly.net/wednesday-wags-oct-14-2026-edition
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(My paraphrase – watch this!)
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Oct 13, 2026 @ 10:42 Good morning family & friends❣️ Sunny outside, expected high in the mid 70s. Had a lot of rain overnight, which is good. J&E are actually coming today instead, as they couldn’t get here yesterday, which is fine – I’m easy. I have a ton of stuff for them to do so it will be a long day. I would like to do laundry as well but the girls will be mowing the lawn and I don’t want grass bits on my clothes after I hang them out. I have leftovers to eat later, so won’t have to cook, just nuke. I guess that’s all for now, been working on the blog since I got up a couple of hours ago, and not making plans for anything else today. Have today’s faith update, above, on my mind too; have to think/pray about that, for some reason this one is sticking me today. I will start by praying about it, then re-reading it guess…which will call for a 2nd cup of coffee hahaha! But I do know that I have long been convicted that any humor I share, at the most, shares my joy in the Lord, and at the least is not ridiculing anyone or at someone else’s expense. No matter who they are (ie, politicians, entertainers, those who don’t see life the same way I do, etc.)…anyway, I’ll go do that and will see you tomorrow if not before – have a terrific day❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Oct 12, 2026 @ 11:35 Good morning & friends❣️ I’m getting things done early today because J&E are coming; they usually get here around noon, +/-. I have a few more things I want to do before they get here but if I don’t get them done then I can always do them while they’re working. It is sunny right now, supposed to be 84°F for a high, but a good chance of rain later. So we’ll see. Today’s plan is to get the garden pulled down and prepared for next spring, clean out the compost pile so that we can see what we’ve got to use in the beds, put 98% of my summer clothes away, getting out my cool-weather clothes and putting them in the closet instead. We’re also going to take everything out of the closet floor and from under the bed and give those areas a good cleaning. so it will be a busy day. I’d like to finish the last 3 loads of laundry too but we will see. So those are the plans, mostly for J&E; we’ll see what I can accomplish too. Since they’ll be here shortly I’d better get busy, happy Monday to you all, and I will see you next time❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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https://chia.owly.net/monday-memories-oct-12-2026-edition
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Oct 11, 2026 @ 15:15 (!) Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I’m up and about today, and have updated the blog, after spending much of the last 48 hours in bed. Thankful that today is a better day so far! Not much going on, but yesterday I had a cheap thrill when I picked up my phone to see what time it was, and the display said 10:10 – I was going to take a screen shot it but couldn’t remember how – and of course the date was 10/10 also. So that was my Saturday fun hahaha! I was going to do another load of laundry today but not sure now, I’ve been slowly wading through it all this week. (There was something else I wanted to share but by the time I finished my last sentence I forgot what it was…I’ll come back if I remember but don’t hold your breath lol!)
@ 21:16 Not only did I forget what I was going to tell you (and never remembered) but I forgot to finish my earlier post! So here it is and, if all goes well and I survive the night 🙄 I will see you tomorrow❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Oct 10 2026 @ 16:54 Apologies again…massive head pain today, no thinking or typing is happening…see you tomorrow…(?)
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Oct 9, 2026 @ 18:41 Sorry guys, it’s not happening today…absolute total exhaustion means bedtime. Now. Can’t do any more. I will see you tomorrow, good night.
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Oct 9, 2026 @ 13:10 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Just wanted to let you know that it’s been a busy day so far, no time yet to do my updates/additions here, but I will git ‘er done later. Sunny, breezy, mid-60s again today so I am taking advantage of the weather to get laundry done since I got a load of cool-weather clothes at the thrift store yesterday and I like to wash those before I wear them. I do have cool-weather and winter clothes packed in totes in the attic but I’m a size smaller this year so many of them will probably get donated, and I’m needing a few things now anyway before we can get them down and sorted and put away (and put the summer stuff in the totes and back upstairs). So these “new” ones will get me by for the time being. I just got a couple pair of sweat pants, a couple of light-weight sweatshirts, a hoodie, and a warmer nightgown made of the material they use for thermal underwear…that bumpy stuff. Anyway just wanted to let you know that I will be back later to do the things here that I’ve been trying to get done earlier in the day…see you then❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Oct 8, 2026 @ 12:43 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Sunny, breezy, cool, with a high in the mid 60s. May get out of the house today, if only to get my prescriptions picked up…may go to a thrift store too, will see. Did some picking up and a little organizing around the house before working on the blog today, so at least I accomplished something…and hopefully that won’t be all I can get done. I’ve been craving oatmeal for weeks now, and I think today will be the day. I have some pork belly thawed also, that will be good together. (I only eat one meal/day most days.) But for now I think I will put my headphones on and play my keyboard for a while. Enjoy your day today, and I will see you next time❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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https://owly.chiachannel.net/2025/07/10/faith-based-graphics-collages (updated)
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Oct 7, 2026 @ 14:42 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ A mild sunny breezy day here near the purlicue of the mitten! I haven’t been out but it would have been a good day for hanging laundry on the line. Too late now. I’ve been working on the blog of course, then went down a rabbit hole meme and video hunting, and another one working on today’s faith-based entry above – good topic, so I was all over the place working on it. I will be eating leftovers today, so won’t need to cook. But I really need to get the girls to help me with housework, yesterday I was feeling pretty good so I tried to do a bunch of stuff myself, which only reminded me I’m not a healthy 20-year-old anymore 😉. Highlight of my day so far was a big box I got from my bestie in MO, it was full of a ton of GREAT stuff! Garden decorations, teas, seeds, some chew bones, tennis balls, and a food topper for the dogs, a beautiful 2027 calendar, some wall hangings…and more! It was a delight to open…she is always so thoughtful, certainly moreso than I am when it comes to things like that. Anyway, youngest grand Luna will be here shortly so I’m going to eat before her bus comes, and I will see you tomorrow. I hope your week is going well so far❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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https://chia.owly.net/wednesday-wags-oct-7-2026-edition
https://owly.chiachannel.net/2025/07/10/faith-based-graphics-collages (updated)
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UPDATED my Health page! [JesusIsLord]
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Oct 6, 2026 @ 13:03 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ We got down into the 30s last night, but didn’t run the furnace. Because of the PoiBoiz, especially, we like to have our doors and/or windows open the first time we turn it on in autumn because of the smell; I did that this morning. Then I worked on the blog. Today I have quite a bit to do around the house and I want to get it done before I crash for the day, so I’m going to make this short. Nothing new to report anyway I guess…I hope you are having a terrific Tuesday, though, and I will see you tomorrow if not before❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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https://chia.owly.net/tuesday-titters-oct-6-2026-edition-signage
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Oct 5, 2026 @ 13:04 (!) Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Another cool day, the thermometer outside the front window says it’s about 58°F; Pete said it’s going down into the mid 30s tonight. I wonder if we’ll have to turn on the furnace? I’m having today’s meal because I got hungry early. So far today I’ve trimmed Maisie’s toenails, taken the trash out, did the dishes – twice – cleaned the toilet, and cooked up some chicken hearts for dog treats. Plus the blog of course. Pete wants me to do some stuff on his laptop, so that will likely be next…the youngest grand will be here for a while when her bus drops her off but that’s not for another couple of hours yet. The other 2 have rehearsal for their fall play/musical next month. So that’s my day as far as I know, I’m going to finish my daily meal, look at my email, scan the socials, and get on with my day. I hope your Monday is magnificent so far❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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https://chia.owly.net/picture-day-oct-5-2026-edition
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Oct 4, 2026 @ 13:16 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ It is a sunny, cool, mild day so far. Haven’t checked the weather report to see the forecast but no plans to go anywhere anyway. So far today I have given the cages a good cleaning, not like the spring and fall cleaning they get, but more than the usual scrape-and-wash-grates-sift-debris-from-bedding. Then they got a bunch of new foot toys in their cages which I have to add at least a couple of times a week. They seem to like those in their old age more than the hanging toys. I load up on a big box of them every few of months from A Bird Toy so I always have plenty and can toss in handfuls of them. Interesting that the boiz never had an interest in foot toys until a couple of years ago, now they don’t have an interest in hanging toys.
Yesterday we went to a produce market and picked up 4 pie pumpkins (which the girls cook and eat like squash) and 10 delicatas which are my favorite and I’m looking forward to one of them today with some chicken. But not until later, I will likely spend some time with one of my ukuleles and with my Tyros5-76 before that. I hope you are having a good weekend, and I will see you tomorrow❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Oct 3, 2026 @ 19:37 Good evening family & friends❣️ It was a great day today, the temp went up to 68°F and was absolutely gorgeous outside for the event! Loved seeing J&E there, and riding on wagon with the beautiful team of horses, Chip and Dale. It was heartwarming to see Emma driving, she was really in her element! Then we stopped at a produce & meat market up there and loaded up on squashes, plus got an English roast for tomorrow. Today one of the girls made supper and it was delicious too. I did end up sleeping between getting home this afternoon and when supper was ready to lessen today’s headache, then have been finishing up for blog for today. It has just been one of those beautiful fun days that good memories are made of. I will see you tomorrow, I hope your weekend has been going as well as mine has❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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https://chia.owly.net/caturday-oct-3-2026-edition
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Oct 3, 2026 @ 10:03 Good morning family & friends❣️ Bright and sunny this morning, expected high of 61°F. We will be going to Standish Depot Days for something fun to do, and also J&E will be there. Emma has been learning to drive (horses) and they will be giving rides so that’s probably one of the most exciting things I will do all year, is see my lovely friend doing something she really enjoys so much. And of course “the girls”* are going too. So it’s going to be a great day! And I’m going to go start it, did get the faith/inspiration addition done for today but that’s it so far and if I don’t crash when we get back 🙄 I will finish the other things later. Anyway, have a fantastic day❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
*The girls are our guests to whom I have referred on occasion, and I will be telling you more about the changes (temporary) in our household at a later date, when I can figure out how to do so while maintaining their privacy.
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Oct 2, 2026 @ 12:39 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Cool day today, expected in the low 60s, but sunny. Going to Saginaw for Sam’s and a couple of other errands later, “the girls” are excited to go too – especially since we’ll be going to Chen’s. Have a busy day tomorrow as well, and it will start earlier in the morning so today I at least got my daily faith/inspiration section (above) ready to update, and hoping I can do the same with tomorrow’s other regular updates and posts after we get back…though falling asleep is more likely 😉. In other news, I’ve started playing my ukuleles again lately, that’s something I haven’t done much since my TBI, so it’s fun! I have to relearn a lot of things but that’s part of the process, and enjoyable to me – definitely not a bad thing! I’m back to keeping one of my ukes (the pink Enya concert one) next to my chair again so I can just pick it up and play at will – which I am doing. Anyway, I’d better get on with the day, I will see you tomorrow, enjoy your Friday❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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https://chia.owly.net/friday-funnies-oct-2-2026-edition
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Oct 1, 2026 @ 14:07 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Another gray day today, with rain on and off. I slept until noon today and could have slept longer but I wanted to get the blog updates and additions done before the grands get here. We will be able to enjoy all 3 of them this afternoon so I’m pretty excited about that! I do have to run to the store for a couple of things but will wait and ask Lyra to go with me. (I rarely go out by myself anymore.) I don’t have any other plans since I know it will be a busy day from now on, so I will probably not see you again until tomorrow…but happy Friday Eve to all❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Sept 30, 2026 @ 13:38 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Gray day today, it’s been raining on and off but will get a lot more rain as the day progresses, and right through late tomorrow night/early Friday morning. The temp is right around 70°F. Since the laundry hadn’t dried before the end of the days yesterday, and all 3 lines were full, and we got rain early this morning, Pete ended up taking it to the laundromat to use the dryers there. I did about 7-8 loads yesterday and still hae 5-6 loads left but can’t do it until another nice day, so it will have to wait. I ate early today and am about to go take a nap, just doing everything I can to get past this virus which can, according to my PCP, take quite a while. But it isn’t affecting me too terribly much, I can still do stuff, so I really have nothing about which to complain. Worked on the blog a lot so far today, including doing some background work that I don’t often do, before cooking today’s meal. Anyway, I will see you next time, I hope you’re having a wonderful week so far, and great day today❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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https://chia.owly.net/wednesday-wags-sept-30-2026-edition
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Sept 29, 2026 @ 11:50 Good morning family & friends❣️ Sunny, breezy, high of 78°F expected. I will be starting in on the massive mound of laundry that has accumulated in our hamper, and on the floor all around it hahaha! That’s exhausting so it is my only plan today – and tomorrow – I will probably have something simple for my meal later. I hope your Tuesday is terrific, and I will see you next time❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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https://chia.owly.net/tuesday-twitters-sept-29-2026-edition
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UPDATED my Health page! [JesusIsLord]
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Sept 28, 2026 @ 06:44 Good morning family & friends❣️ Well, plans changed for today…I still have my early morning (08:30) appt with my new cardiologist. I haven’t seen my old one for about 3 years but I’m pretty much on auto-pilot with my heart/CV stuff so I’ve been in no hurry. But my PCP said it’s a good idea to establish a relationship with a new one in this area so here we are. Casey will be picking me up in about 40 minutes, then bring me home after. Pete’s appointment isn’t until later in the afternoon so he can spend the day at home and then we’ll go back for his, rather than spending the day in Midland. Anyway, I woke up at about 03:00, so got a few things done around the house, and even got my blog updated. Not sure if/what I will post later, but at least I will have time unless I sleep. So I’m going to go get ready, you all have a marvelous Monday and I will probably see you later❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Sept 27, 2026 @ 13:39 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ A sunny day in the upper 60s with a light breeze here near the purlicue of the mitten. We will be going out (in Saginaw) to celebrate our son-in-law’s birthday which was actually last week but the weekend following didn’t work out. Anyway, looking forward to it, always excited to enjoy these dinners with our family! I’ve been working on the blog since I got up. I enjoyed – was edified by – doing a series of faith posts (always at the top of this main page) last week so I decided to do the same this week. The topic is about something that many people find hard to understand* but hopefully will gain some insight by the end of the week. In other news, I don’t know if I will be posting tomorrow? Pete and I both have appointments about 25 miles away, mine in the morning and his in the afternoon, and plan to do some thrift store shopping and get lunch – like a day date – in between. I’m pretty sure that by the time we get home I will be crashing, but we’ll see…if you don’t see though, don’t assume something is wrong. I will be getting on with my day now, playing my keyboard for a while, and then whatever else comes up until it’s time to leave. So I will see you hopefully tomorrow but if not, then Tuesday…have a great Sunday in the Lord❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
*For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1Corinthians 1:18
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Sept 26, 2026 @ 10:37 Good morning family & friends❣️ I just got up 59 minutes ago! But I knew I wouldn’t be home most of the day, so I got much of today’s additions and updates ready yesterday. It is a breezy and sunny day today, with a high in the mid-60s, though it was in the upper 30s earlier this morning. Today, tomorrow, and Monday will all be busy. Anyway, this morning I woke up to find 2 dollar bills on the floor next to the bed, chewed up into pieces. Since we sleep with the door closed, and only Maisie is in our room, it wasn’t hard to figure out who did it! At least each of them had a minimum of half intact, so when Pete put the pieces back together we’re pretty sure they are still spendable. I have no idea what led her to do such a thing though…crazy dog! Yesterday we did end up going to Pinconning, and I got myself one of the delightful chicken pot pies from the supermarket up there, and that’s what I’ll be eating for my meal when we get back today. It was interesting that at the 2 stores up there we spent $230 for the equivalent of a cartful of groceries, about half of which were meat, and the rest were expensive frozen convenience foods for the girls (we don’t buy that for ourselves); I was surprised at the amount of food we got for that price. Then we had to stop at Walmart 🤮 for a few things, and those few things cost $71, or ⅓ of what we’d spent on all of that other food, and it was just a couple of small bags! Walmart 🤮 does not save us money! I never like to go there anyway. But we’ll have a stop at Sam’s sometime during the next week for our stock-up items and then be mostly done for the month. The only stores in this city it seems are Walmart 🤮, Kroger, and Meijer and I don’t like any of them for various reasons…then there’s an Aldi which is ok…but no family-owned, non-corporate supermarkets like Town & Country, which is what I prefer. So that’s my rant for today 😉, I have to go but I will see you tomorrow, have a sensational Saturday❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Sept 25, 2026 @ 13:47 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Good to see you on this happy Friday 👀! Gray, chilly (mid-60s), breezy. Probably will go shopping in Pinconning later, we’ll see. So far today I did my blog updates and additions, played my keyboard, and started dinner for Pete & I, which is in the AFO at the moment. (Did I ever tell you that I never once used the oven that came with the house, for nearly the first 6 months we lived here? So we got rid of it and now use the AFO, a hot plate, and either the electric chicken fryer, the crock pot, or the electric sauce pan instead. There is a big tool cabinet that we use for storage where the stove used to be.)
14:58 – OK, I took a break to eat and do a few other things, but I don’t have much else to say; still not sure if we’ll go shopping or not 🤷. But at any rate it will get done at some point. I will have one more day of sharing some verses from Psalm 107 above. I will likely do something similar with other Psalms in the future as I love them so much! They really communicate how the human heart reaches out to our Father, and how He cares for us. Anyway, I will see you tomorrow, enjoy the rest of your day❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Sept 24, 2026 @ 16:23 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Sunny and breezy and about 70°F at the moment. Today I have worked on the blog, mostly, and did a good cleaning of the #PoiBoiz cages – more than the usual. Ate my meal early today because I was hungry early. Not a whole lot else out of the norm, or, as we used to say, “Nothing to write home about.” I hope your week is going well and you’re having a fantastic Friday Eve❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Sept 23, 2026 @ 12:43 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Windy again today, still sunny, but a little warmer. Maisie’s cough isn’t as bad today so I don’t believe I have to give her any of the new pills. I will be eating leftovers today so I don’t have to cook. Pete and I are getting down to the wire with his ham shack. The one he created when we moved in here hasn’t worked out as well as he’d expected, so we’ve been discussing ways we can create one outside of the house. The simplest thing will be to get a travel trailer, which can also house “the girls”* while they’re here; with a floor plan having the living room/ham radio area at one end, and the bedroom at the other with the kitchen in the middle, that will work out really well. In addition, a lot of people are selling travel trailers that would work for us more cheaply, as they want to get rid of them before winter. So that, God willing, will be happening yet this year, and then our granddaughters won’t be having to share their room anymore – though they are more than happy to do so! (They love “the girls”.) Anyway I will be moving over to my keyboard now, as I’m trying to make that my daily habit after working on the blog. I would like to begin recording again at some point but am not ready yet. I hope your Wednesday is wonderful❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Sept 22, 2026 @ 13:51 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Really windy today but sunny, with an expected high of 64°F. No plans to go anywhere. Maisie had a rough night, but seems to be feeling perky today. I didn’t mention this in the post I wrote about her yesterday, but the ER vet gave me some pills for her to take when her cough worsens that – again – “may make her a little goofy”. When I spoke with my own vet yesterday we decided to give that to her for the first time on Wednesday (my vet does surgeries on Tuesdays) so that if things weren’t going well I could bring her in. So after her rough night last night, if she has another one tonight, I can give her those new pills. (Did you know that for dogs, narcotics are used as antitussives?) Anyway, today will likely be about the same as most other days, it would be a good day to do laundry because of the wind but it’s kind of late to get started…we’ll see… So far I’ve just done the blog additions and updates, as I do most days. I hope you have a terrific Tuesday❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Sept 21, 2026 @ 20:33 Good evening family & friends❣️ Today was easy and calm, mostly working on the blog, and sleeping. Our granddaughters were here after school for a while which is always a good time. All 3 of the grands are working on the fall school musical so they have rehearsals and/or set construction after school most days, and we appreciate the time they have to be with us! (We’ll be going to their performance on Nov. 3rd I think it is, I bought tickets this week.) This will be 7YO Luna’s first time, so far she doesn’t seem too impressed with the whole process – LOL – and since Leelan will be graduating next spring too, it may be the only time all 3 of them will be involved in the same production. But I have a feeling once Luna gets a taste of the excitement of being onstage, she will change her mind. I also got up a post about Maisie’s visit to the vet on Saturday and lots of pictures. Anyway, I will likely be going back to bed shortly, as soon as I take care of my #PoiBoiz, and will see you in the morning…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Sept 21, 2026 @ 11:11 (1) Good morning family & friends❣️ Another chilly windy gray day here but it’s all good, I’m not going anywhere. I accomplished a lot of editing and organizing – a few hundred files, anyway – of my thousands of photos and videos I’ve taken over the last few years yesterday; it was supposed to be my project last winter but my TBI didn’t allow it, so I’m starting again this autumn. Plans for today’s blog are a post about what’s been going on with Maisie, including photos and a video from 2 days ago, the usual daily updates plus a short update on the chiachow chat page, and if I have time, a meme gallery of one sort or another. I’m trying to prioritize keyboard (Tyros5) time more also. Yesterday I cooked a LOT! Overnight Saturday I had crocked chicken breasts to add to the dogs’ food, then start some rabbit soup for Pete in the crockpot in the morning – which he loved! When that was done I made up one of my favorites, pork/cabbage/onion, with mashed potatoes on the side and the girls* and I enjoyed the heck out of that! Last night they made 2 pumpkin pies and an apple pie after we went to the bedroom to watch TV before bed, and it smelled SO GOOD in here! Anyway I am going to go get started on my day and will see you later. Have a great Monday❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
* The girls are our guests to whom I have referred on occasion, and I will be telling you more about the changes (temporary) in our household at a later date, when I can figure out how to do so while maintaining their privacy.
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Sept 20, 2026 @ 19:45 – Good evening family & friends❣️ I hope that your weekend has gone well! I’m heading off to bed but wanted to say good night first, and let you know that YES, I did get the blog additions and updates done! I will see you tomorrow, sleep well in Jesus❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Sept 20, 2026 @ 10:56 Good morning family & friends❣️ Another chilly gray day here, looks like it may rain? Expected high in the mid-60s. I have a few things to get done today once I get my head on straight 🥴 but starting here. Well, actually started with shredding the 4 lb of chicken breast I crocked overnight; I add it to the dogs’ regular food (I can’t do homemade right now), along with yogurt. Now I have a rabbit in the crockpot with veg. stock and will add potatoes and vegetables later. That’s for Pete’s dinner since he can’t have pork. I will fix pork and cabbage with potatoes for the girls (our guests) and I. And I will work on the blog – do all of my additions and updates and Don’s guest post – through the day as well, I may need a nap at some point…just a typical day for me I guess. I also want to post an update about Maisie. But first – coffee! Enjoy your Sunday in Him, and I will see you later❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Sept 19, 2026 @ 11:38 Good morning family & friends❣️ We are zooming toward the end of the month aren’t we! Another gray and chilly day here, we did have plans but those have been postponed until tomorrow which is fine, either day would be ok. But Maisie’s typical cough changed overnight so I’m thinking a trip to the ER vet may be happening today instead. God knew what was coming up… Today I put on long pants and spring/fall shirt ( mid-thigh long zip-up in sweatshirt fabric with ¾ length sleeves) even though it’s a few days yet until autumn will be official. I won’t be ready to pack my summer clothes away for another month or so though, and will make-do with the few cooler-weather things I never packed up in the spring. I can’t imagine how much easier and less confusing it must be to live somewhere that the climate stays mostly the same all year! I already got today’s blog additions and updates done so I’m going to move on to something else. I’m sure today will be a blessing no matter what and I’m going to start with worshipping my Father at the keyboard…enjoy your day and I will see you tomorrow❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Sept 18, 2026 @ 15:06 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ It is another chilly gray day by the bay, I won’t be going out anywhere but Pete will be going to the homecoming parade. And he will have to dress warmly. I was successful finding more delicata squash yesterday and we will be eating some of that with our pork roast today (Pete can’t have pork but there are still 4 of us here so it will get eaten, and hopefully enjoyed, by all!) I probably won’t even get dressed today, just my house coat, it’s been a busy week! And tomorrow will once again be busy. Anyway, that will be about it for today and I will see you tomorrow. Have a fantastic Friday❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Sept 17, 2026 @ 13:50 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ It’s mid-afternoon and not even 70°F. We’re not going to be having much warmer weather in the near future; it will be back in the 70s, if the weather guessers are to be believed, on or around Sept 25th. Anyway, it’s all good, I have sweaters and long pants that I didn’t pack away in the spring. It may rain, or even storm, but I hope not because I want to go to our farmers’ market and see if they have any delicata squash. If not I will go to a produce stand about 8 miles away where I had stopped a few days ago; he said he’d have more toward the end of the week. I got the blog updates and additions done already for today, and checked my email. Now I’ll shut down and get ready for the rest of the day, whatever that means, and see you most likely tomorrow. I hope your Thursday is delightful❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Sept 16, 2026 @ 17:49 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ It turned out to be a decent day, had fun with the grands and eventually I warmed up. I will be going to lay down shortly to fight this headache BUT I’m pleased that my blog is caught up today! I did get to go to Cracker Barrel with my grandson where he works to pick up some Amish pain relief cream that they carry, I didn’t know that they had it there but he did, and picked me up some. Anyway that was my day, and I will see you tomorrow, enjoy your evening❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Sept 16, 2026 @ 12:28 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I’m freezing. It’s not right, since the temp outside is 72°F, and the house is all opened up so it should be the same in here. But I’m wearing my long heavy winter sweater and am covered with blanket. (This is the blanket my mom was covered with when she died, so it is important and precious to me. It is velour on one side, and sherpa on the other.) It is usually my warmest lap blanket, but not today. Anyway, I am also having some confusion – it took me a LONG time to log into my blog today, I couldn’t figure it out though I’ve done it thousands of times over the last few years – and it’s a struggle to work on the blog right now. So I think I’ll do some meme-hunting or play my Tyros5 to get my brain woken up and create some fun, and maybe have a snack. The grands will be here after school and it’s been a while since all 3 will be here so YAY, I’m looking forward to that! And surely (God willing) I will be back with new content in a little while. Meanwhile have a wonderful day❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Sept 15, 2026 @ 13:00 (!) Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Chilly and cloudy, supposed to get rain today. Which is fine, either way. As long as it’s not hot! I have just finished up the updates and additions to today’s blog, have a couple of errands for this afternoon but that’s it. Probably should also start the next hamper-ful of laundry but then again, a rainy day may not be the best time. I looked up my new cardiologist online this morning, judging by his picture I think he’s about 12. I’m going to call him Doogie and see if he has a sense of humor. Anyway, have a terrific Tuesday and I will see you next time❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Sept 14, 2026 @ 21:00 (!) – Good evening family & friends❣️ Today was my long-awaited doctor’s appointment, and it went very well! I love my doctor, but she was off for a few months’ maternity leave, then when she got back her appointments were backed up for a few months. Anyway, I came away with tests ordered and referrals to specialists and the usual things. I drove my bus there and back, and stopped for a sandwich on the way home; she’s over an hour away each way, so by the time I got home my head felt like it had been hit with a hammer. Pain pill and nap, as usual, and I just got up. So it doesn’t look like I will be posting anything here tonight, I appreciate your patience, and will see you tomorrow. Good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Sept 13, 2026 @ 12:13 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Another brilliant sunny day today, with a cool breeze. Pete is at his class – or maybe on his way home by now – and I’ve been working on the blog since I woke up. It’s done for the day unless I decide to post something else. I haven’t posted any music on my keyboard in a while, it has been a struggle both playing and recording since my precious friend Annette passed. My heart is still broken and there are no words to say how much I miss her presence in my life. While I am happy that she is Home, where she longed to be, with her beloved Savior, I selfishly wish she was still here. Grief hits different people different ways I guess, and having lost the will to play my keyboard is part of my grief. She and I talked about music a lot, and she was my biggest and most enthusiastic supporter; being a musician and a child of God herself she understood what it is to worship the Lord through music, and what that meant…anyway, I hope – plan, even – to get my heart back into it sometime. Meanwhile I will see you either later or tomorrow, enjoy your day in the Lord❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Sept 12, 2026 @ 11:45 Good morning family & friends❣️ Beautiful and sunny here today, expected high in the mid 80’s. Dogs are chewing up toys, Max is doing the same in his cage while Elliot is dozing in his. I have the blog additions and updates done already, in case we decide to do something or go somewhere today, although probably not. I gave the bus a good tidying and cleaning up yesterday, so I kinda want to use it but we’ll see. The day is pretty open. On a Saturday Social kinda vibe, I recently signed up for Instagram and am following lots of zoos and farms and rescues, and foodies. I watch those to doze off at night instead of solitaire now. While back in the day when I was vlogging I had a pretty decent following (hundreds of thousands) I haven’t done it in years. So maybe I’m better off just putting up the occasional video here on my site like I do now. Anyway – just musing. I hope your weekend is off to good start and I will see you later, or tomorrow…have a sensational Saturday❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Sept 11, 2026 @ 12:30 Good afternoon, family & friends❣️ Beautiful sunny day here, though it was in the mid-40s when I woke up early this morning. Pete was supposed to have a class but when we got there they told him it’s on Sunday. I HEARD the guy tell Pete it was today, and there was someone else there today too that said that same thing. Anyway, we decided to just eat breakfast at that fantastic restaurant we had discovered on Wednesday, I got 2 fried eggs and a slice of sourdough toast, then Pete and I split an order of home fries. Breakfast was just as wonderful today as lunch was on Wednesday! Once we got home I did all of my blogging updates/additions (which always includes the faith and inspiration graphics/quotes above plus the Fab Finds column on the left, though they’re not linked below); we’ll see what I will do with the rest of the day now…if it’s anything interesting I will be back to tell you! Meanwhile have a fantastic Friday❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Sept 10, 2026 @ 16:01 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Another busy day, and I’m finishing up here so that I can turn in early today. We were up and at ’em early, had to make a couple of runs to Saginaw in the morning, then stopped in Bay City for a quick (and unexpected but we got hungry) bite on the way to Auburn. Got home just in time for the kids to come off the bus, and for me to get today’s additions and updates done here on the blog. I will be taking the grands home in about an hour, then a quick stop on the way home, and probably bedtime not too long after that! But it was great to get HoWie my bus back, and he’s running like a champ! I think I’ll drive him back to Auburn tomorrow, where Pete has a class in the morning; it will be no trouble whatsoever to hang out in the bus during those 3 hours, I will probably sleep or work on the blog…anyway I hope you had a good day and I will see you tomorrow…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Sept 10, 2026 @ 08:12 Good morning family & friends❣️ Another busy day expected…lots of running back and forth to Saginaw, then to Auburn to get the bus and my purse, then the grands will be here after school. Getting steaks out of the freezer for supper, need something simple and fast, I’ll probably just have sourdough toast with mine. And of course planning to get Don’s guest post up at some point, and my updates…so I will see you later, have a great day❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Sept 9, 2026 @ 21:49 Good evening family & friends❣️ I am back to do today’s blog additions/updates after a 4-hour nap. Plus Pete and I have had many things to discuss. So much happened today, between bus stuff, family stuff, my brain/head stuff, other-people stuff…but the Lord, as always, has His hand in it and is working things out. The cost of towing and repairing the bus, for example, is only about half what we expected, and it will be ready to pick up tomorrow already! So we are happy and thankful about that. My doctor’s appointment has been rescheduled (thank you, Casey!) so that’s good. Family things we put into the Father’s hands, we cannot solve problems other people are having but He can, and we don’t need to carry them. Same with my head/brain stuff, He will work it all out. So from a frustrating day that tried to make us feel defeated, we are instead thanking God. And with that I am going to go feed the dogs and the #PoiBoiz, and will see you tomorrow…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Sept 9, 2026 @ 15:12 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I want to talk about my day so far, if you don’t mind… I left, in my bus, for my doctor’s appointment at 9:15. It’s an hour + drive, and I was supposed to meet Casey there. About 10 miles from home, however, the engine quit. Just stopped. In the road. I managed to get off onto the shoulder (no power steering or brakes). I called Pete and he came; we called a wrecker, which came and towed HoWie into the nearest town. By the time he unloaded the bus, about 2 hours had passed. We were getting hungry and there was a new little coffee shop and diner in town, so we stopped there and had an amazing, wonderful meal. Fantastic little place! It wasn’t until we got home that I realized I’d left my purse under the table there. So I called, and was told I’d also left the debit card in the card machine. They close early, so we wouldn’t be able to make it back there today (also we were going to drive a friend to a job interview, and had to take Luna to her rehearsal, so just no time). So here I sit, massive headache, it’s been a day-and-a-half, and I’m ready to be done. Time for a pain pill and a nap. If I wake up early enough I will see you later; if not, then tomorrow. Just…sheesh!
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Sept 8, 2026 @ 17:53 Good evening family & friends❣️ Just finished some rice pilaf and about to go lay down, I hope you have had a good day, nothing really new here so I will see you tomorrow❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Sept 7, 2026 @ 19:53
Just about to start eating supper, after sleeping most of the day; just brought in everything from the Blackstone that Pete cooked. Missed the beautiful weather. BUT did get the blog updated and done so yay for that! And tomorrow is another day, so I will see you then…sleep well❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Sept 7, 2026 @ 12:06 Good morning family & friends❣️ Sunny and mid-70s today. I didn’t mean to disappear last night, just fell asleep after supper and woke up at about 11:00 this morning – no surprise – but headache from Saturday’s fall is a bit milder today. I don’t have big plans, want to play my keyboard and keep up here on the blog, and the usual stuff I do most days. So I will go get started, and wll see you later. Enjoy your Monday❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Sept 4, 2026 @ 12:09 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Muggy, cloudy day in the upper 70s, so far today I’ve gotten today’s blog stuff done and dusted, and did a lot of meme hunting. My online hangout – theres.life – is down; I’m also on another Mastodon instance, https://freeatlantis.com/home, which I enjoy just as much, it is busier so mostly I read it and don’t participate with the people there except for some that I typically follow from theres.life. (If you don’t understand federation, https://fediverse.info is one of many sites with a good explanation of how it works.) The dogs are playing quietly with some new toys I bought yesterday. It’s going to be a busy afternoon with the 2 vet appointments (14:30 and 15:40) and then we’ll go out for a fish dinner. We’ve been getting away from that for the last few weeks but looking forward to it today. And then probably a nap, as usual. Anyway have a great Friday and start your weekend well, and I will see you tomorrow❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Sept 3, 2026 @ 19:47 Good evening family & friends❣️ Cool but muggy this evening, it rained much of the day. We went to the laundromat for most of the afternoon, then grocery shopping, which for me is a Big Day. I still have to make dog food too but that shouldn’t take too long. Pete has someone coming tomorrow that works with the VA to see what they can do to make our bathtub more accessible (take it out/add a shower) in the morning, then Bojack The Pibble and Maisie both have appointments at their respective vets in the afternoon. So I will have lots to do tomorrow too, but don’t have to think about that until then. I hope you have had a good day and I will see you in the morning, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Sept 2, 2026 @ 11:07 Good morning family & friends❣️ My body decided this morning that it had had enough sleep for the time being, so I was up early, and have spent the entire morning working on the blog. I’ll see how long I can stay awake. No plans today, expected high of 88°F Pete said, which is still a keep-the-house-closed-up-and-the-fans-on kinda day. We only have one window facing south, which is where we get most of the sun/heat, but it’s in our bedroom with a blackout curtain. There are 3 east-facing windows, all with curtains closed to keep out the morning sun, and 1 west-facing window with the neighbor’s garage and tall bushes so close that the sun barely reaches it. But it has a heavy curtain anyway. We love that the front living room windows face north and we can pull in shady cooler air from mid-afternoon on most days. Anyway, aren’t you glad you know all of that? Thought you would be…I think I’m going to take a doze here in my chair for a few minutes after all…😴
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Sept 1, 2026 @ 16:34 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ It is a hot one here, in the lower 90s, and muggy. But it’s supposed to be hotter and muggier tomorrow. One of our guests had a doctor’s appointment this afternoon so I got up at about 13:00 to get her there in time, we’re back now and I think I will have a grilled cheese sandwich before I go back to bed to work on this recovery thing. Plus, our bedroom is the only place we have a/c in the house, so there’s that. Our house is only 720 sq ft, so we should be able to add a mini split in the middle of the house for next year, don’t you think? Anyway, I’m not sure if I’ll be back tonight or not but for now, it’s a sandwich and a nap❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Aug 31, 2026 @ 20:14 Good evening family & friends❣️ I managed to stay awake since I last wrote, the grands were here for a while so I enjoyed their company. Still sick but we managed to go out for our anniversary dinner, and I got Don’s Guest Post – delayed from yesterday – up when we got home. I will be going back to bed shortly to continue my recovery but wanted to say good-night. Hoping tomorrow to get back on track here on the blog, if nothing else! See you then…God willing❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Aug 31, 2026 @ 13:31 (!) Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Well, sort of…I got hit with a bug over the weekend and have spent the last 40 hours in bed, mostly sleeping, with chills, fever, swollen glands, etc. I just finally got up about an hour ago because today is our anniversary (24th) and we at least want to go out to dinner together later. So it took a while but I’m ready to go out with my beloved. And then go back to bed. We got married in a Chinese restaurant owned by a friend so most years we eat our anniversary dinner in one too, and today will be no different. Other than that I don’t plan to be doing much, hopefully will be up to working on the blog tomorrow again, I hope you have a magnificent Monday❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Aug 29, 2026 @ 21:18 Good evening family & friends❣️ Now after my nap I don’t recall what I did today other than working on the blog earlier. But after that, I don’t know. Probably the normal things. I do know the sun was out a lot today, I didn’t got anywhere, and I cooked my meal. We had an exterminator our yesterday and he dusted nests, one in the firepit in the ground (and we had a nice fire there yesterday evening) and one in the soffit; they seem to have worked well. Nice guy, was enthralled by the carpenter bees in my Joe Pye weed, he was petting them and talking to them. I liked that. IDK why I forgot to tell you about that yesterday. Anyway, will be going to bed shortly so will see you tomorrow, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Aug 28, 2026 @ 16:45 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Well let’s see how things have been going today…had a chance to play my keyboard for a while – with headphones due to people, did some cleaning with Zoey’s help and found my long-lost (about 2 weeks) glasses so YAY!…worked on the blog…fixed myself today’s meal; I have had to switch things up a bit from carnivore – which I loved – or even animal-based, as I explain in the #chat link below…took a pretty hard spill (welcome to my world)…and now ready to go take pain pills and lay down. Does life get more exciting than this? 🤓 Anyway, that will probably be it for me today and I will see you tomorrow, enjoy your Friday❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Aug 27, 2026 @ 16:52 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Today did some laundry, then Pete & I went to Saginaw for some business, then to Texas Roadhouse for today’s meal. I’m about to take a nap but sometimes I sleep right through the evening so I thought I should do the update first. It’s been a gorgeous sunny day in the 70s. We have a couple of yellowjacket ground nests in the yard, so I called for professional help with those. It’s supposed to get into the mid- and upper-90s next week and we all know how YJs get when it’s that hot out! So I want them gone now. Pete and I have been discussing what we can do for our anniversary (31st) and have some good ideas, though a lot of places and events aren’t open on Mondays. But we’ll find something. I’d love a river cruise or a train trip, though that may not be feasible, or even available on a Monday. Anyway, I guess I will see you tomorrow, enjoy your evening and sleep well❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Aug 26, 2026 @ 19:19 (!) Good evening family & friends❣️ And by the way, 1919 was the year that my college (BA Music) was founded also, by the Dominican Sisters in Adrian, MI. Siena Heights College was closed in the spring of this year. Anyway, did some running around today and am ready for bed, though it is rather early. I will see you tomorrow❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Aug 25, 2026 @ 22:42 Good evening family & friends❣️ And YAY! I got a blog post up today!! It was a nearly perfect day in the mid-70s, sunny, and breezy today, I did some shopping and errands, Pete did some grilling on the Blackstone and then of course I crashed for a while. I know I was busy all day and wish I could remember everything but in the end it doesn’t really matter because tomorrow will likely be much the same. I hope you are having a good week so far, and I will see you – God willing – tomorrow. Good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Aug 23, 2026 @ 15:24 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Sunny and breezy day today, in the mid 70s. Zoey is here to mow, and she just ran over a yellowjacket nest. That wasn’t pleasant but she’s handling it much better than I would! Pete is taking a nap, and so far today I went out to breakfast with Leelan, cleaned bird cages and made bird toys, and played my keyboard – if you want to call it that. My fingers and brain are speaking two different languages it would appear…along with the things going on that I had mentioned here a couple of days ago. But I will trudge away and it and pray for the best! The grands go back to school on Tuesday but will be here tomorrow. I have SO MUCH enjoyed their company this summer, but that’s easy when one has the best grandkids ever – which of course I do. No plans for the rest of the day, although I’m sure I’ll fall asleep at some point, it every single other day is any indication hahaha! I hope you are enjoying your weeekend❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Aug 21, 2026 @ 19:02 Good evening family & friends❣️ Another day. We are enjoying the grands, and our guests. We all went out for Chinese buffet for lunch, and have a cantaloupe to cut up after Pete picks up Leelan from work. He is planning to cook lunch for us all tomorrow which will be a pleasure! The only thing I have left to do tonight, besides take care of my #PoiBoiz, is clean out the fridge; any leftovers from last weekend’s festivities will no longer be edible tomorrow. Anyway I will see you tomorrow if all goes well, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Aug 21, 2026 @ 12:21 (!) Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Today is Friday, I was recently told. I have missed much of the week, not knowing what day it is, sleeping a lot, etc. I am enjoying the grandkids and the things we are doing, as well as the guests we have camping out in HoWie (our bus). Pete and the kids help keep me somewhat grounded, help me with the words I’m forgetting, and what I’m supposed to be doing next – or what I just did a short time ago, etc. Why? Dunno – thinking it may have something to do with forgetting/missing 3 doses of my brain drug in the last week or so. I will get yesterday’s Guest Post from Don up this evening, and anything else as I can. See you later, hope you are enjoying your week❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Aug 19, 2026 @ 15:37 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Aaaaaand the busy-ness goes on and on! If someone had told me when this month started how it would go, I would have never believed it – or that I could get through it. But here we are. So I’m doing what I can when I can and for today that means doing my daily updates but I doubt that I’ll be able to do a meme gallery today. Must get groceries yet after the grands go home. But I had to check in, and wish my family & friends a good day❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Aug 18, 2026 @ 12:28 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ The wild week continues with quite a few appointments plus lots of time with the grands here. And of course Fun with Maisie & Jack. I’m working on it all, working it all out with help from Pete and trying to force my brain and body to deal, like it or not 😤. After spending time with Gwen & Don this weekend I’m kind of hoping to hop in the bus and go see them this autumn, but we will see. Anyway, beautiful day, doing laundry until Pete needs to go to Saginaw; I’ll drive him because it is a long dental appointment and he may not have the flexibility in his head and neck to drive himself home – probably won’t, in fact. But having some quiet time in Howie during the appointment I’ll be working on the blog, when the laundry and other things aren’t calling to me. So I’ll go hang a load on the line…put the next load in the spinner…and add another load to the agitator…and I will see you later❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Aug 16, 2026 @ 20:34 Good evening family & friends❣️ It has been an exhausting (fun, but exhausting) weekend since the 12th, and will continue tomorrow. So there will be no Guest Post from Don tonight (he gave me his permission while sitting right here in my living room!) or anything else. And tomorrow is looking iffy too but I will try. Right now I just wanted to say good night and I will see you tomorrow, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Aug 15, 2026 @ 09:36 Good morning family & friends❣️ Happy to report that Gwen & Don arrived safely into town last evening and are settled into their hotel nearby. I am getting ready to leave to take Zoey home, she is such a delight and help, I will miss her greatly. The “party” starts here at 1:00 and I hope to take lots of pictures and even some video over the weekend. But I surely won’t be on the blog or on socials much until Monday – if I’m awake hahaha! Have a great weekend and I’ll see you when I can❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Aug 14, 2026 @ 13:03 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Well Gwen & Don are on the road! They will get to our area later this evening so we won’t see them until tomorrow but Zoey and I still have a few things to do today, mainly the food shopping and prep, plus a few last minute items to be tidied up. I really want to try making some tortillas from scratch and Zoey is happy to do it with me – she really likes cooking/baking and is good at it – also. I’ve always wanted to give them a try so looking forward to that. I took Maisie’s collar off and am hoping she will leave her foot alone, it’s been 3 weeks tomorrow. Anyway LOTS to do today and I will try to get back later to work on the blog, but I don’t know…even with Zoey’s help I’m already feeling overwhelmed…anyway I’ll be back when I can, have a fantastic Friday friends❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Aug 13, 2026 @ 09:33 Good morning family & friends❣️ I got up early today, waking at about 7:30, and then forcing myself out of bed even though I was – and am – still sleepy. But it will be a busy day so I wanted to get some blogging done. It is sunny and cool with a light breeze today, and an expected high of 83°F. I think I’ll just sit here and close my eyes for a few minutes until Zoey gets up…❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Aug 12, 2026 @ 22:20 Good evening family & friends❣️ The busy-ness has begun! Zoey got here early in the afternoon and Bojack has been SO SO SO happy to be with her! And vice versa! Luna was here and we took her home after a while, then took Zoey out to eat and to do some shopping for the foods she likes, and for Maisie’s food which, this week, will be pork, chicken, fish, and eggs as the base, plus sweet potato and zucchini, the usual additions/supplements. I will put it all together in the morning or whenever I get up. Tomorrow J&E will be coming and it will be a work day for us all, it will be 83°F and partly cloudy, so nice weather for it. So now I’ll be going to bed, and I will see you in the morning. Sleep well❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Aug 11, 2026 @ 22:00 (!) Wow I’ve had a lot of (!)’s lately! Anyway I JUST finished updating the blog for today, as I had things to do and, of course, my typical 4-hour nap. Pete seems to be feeling, and getting around, better tonight, I’m glad he is more comfortable! Tomorrow the real busy-ness will start. Getting the blog updates so late this evening will, I guess, allow the morning visitors to get fresh content. I need to get to the butcher for meat for Maisie’s dog food early in the day, and clean the bathroom before Zoey gets here; making a big pot of dog food and only after that will I have time to work on the blog. But it will all work out I’m sure, I hope you had a good day today and I will see you sometime tomorrow…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Aug 11, 2026 @ 10:39 Good morning family & friends❣️ Just got back from the hospital and got the dogs fed. Pete went straight to bed when we got home, he had had an ablation done for lymphoedema on his left leg previously but it wasn’t nearly as painful as today’s procedure. He’s pretty miserable. We’ve got a very busy week coming up, that started at 05:00 today. Because we have very special visitors coming for the weekend I’m busing Zoey in to get the lawn and yard company-ready; we will pick her up at the bus station tomorrow afternoon, then I will drive her back on Friday. Also tomorrow, Luna will be coming in the morning, which is always something I love. Jared & Emma will be here Thursday or Friday to work on the house and setting up the yard for people with the tables and chairs and umbrella and also house-cleaning-decorating at an expecting-company level. Then Gwen & Don will spend Friday driving here from KY and we’ll have the opportunity to spend a couple of days with them – and of course much of that time with the Hamels also, so the whole family – which my excitement knows no bounds! It’s been well over a year since I’ve seen my sister and brother-in-law I think, I don’t even remember. Anyway, this will be a busy but also exciting week! (So glad I finally got past the crud!) I will see you later after I get all the things done here on the blog, enjoy your day❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Aug 10, 2026 @ 21:01 Good evening family & friends❣️ Well my day has been taken up with a lot of “stuff”. Because it was hot and muggy I didn’t want to do much so I spent much of it working on hundreds – or more – files that I’ve dumped onto my laptop off of my other devices, that have needed edited and organizing. Then after a couple of hours of that I fell asleep (surprise!) and just got up. So I guess that will be it for me for the day, this will be a very busy week, starting with an early outpatient surgery in the morning for Pete. But I am feeling better, just wanted to keep things laid back today so I didn’t relapse or something. Anyway I hope you have had a good day and I will see you tomorrow, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Aug 9, 2026 @ 20:00 (!!!) Good evening family & friends❣️ It is a cool evening, rain may be moving in. Looks like it anyway. I slept most of yesterday instead of doing any of the things I had planned. Then through the night last night. And all day today. At this rate the crud should be gone shortly, I would hope. Oh. Here is something. I was sitting here just now – a few minutes ago – about 3′ from my meyers parrot Elliot’s cage, in which he has lived for 11 years. And he popped his door open. Just like that. Never done it before. All kinds of hazards, we have the front and back doors open (they have magnetic split screens up the middle, not very secure), and Bojack was sitting right here. Bojack typically ignores him but whenever I reach into a bird cage he starts barking. So I don’t consider him trustworthy with my feather babies. Anyway, there is now a heavy clip on his door. And red-bellied parrot Maxwell was watching. So I’ll be clipping his door shut too before I go back to bed. They have always been, for 25+ years, partners in crime! Speaking of bed, that’s where I am headed. This will be a busy week but I will talk about that tomorrow…hope you had a good weekend, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Aug 8, 2026 @ 14:46 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Happy Saturday! High of 88°F today with high humidity so we have the house closed up and fans running which keeps things tolerable inside. This house was built in 1948 and has been redone so it is well-insulated. I’m not sure I will be doing any meme galleries today because I want to spend time on updating Bojack’s page as well as my health page, and playing my keyboard. I am hoping to stay awake since I’ve slept 16 out of the last 24 hours already, but we shall see. I really have to get past this crud because we will be having very special guests here for the weekend and, though J&E will be here this week to help us get ready, I don’t want to be sick or – even worse – have them have to postpone! So getting over the crud is my #1 priority. I will probably stop back later to say goodnight…enjoy your day❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Aug 7, 2026 @ 17:14 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Another hot day, still have the crud, kids have been here. We took them out to lunch, and Lyra finished up the closet project. Maisie’s foot is much more painful, though it doesn’t look worse, but she isn’t putting any weight on it though yesterday she could run on it. I have been in touch with our great vet and we have a plan for the weekend in case Maisie has to have more treatment before Monday. (For those who don’t know, Maisie is on a holistic diet and had some of Bojack’s kibble last week, which caused her to chew half of her right metacarpal pad off – literally – including 3 deep holes into it overnight on Friday, we took her to the ER Vet on Saturday, and she had an appointment yesterday with her vet for shots and biannual bloodwork anyway so I was happy to have our vet have a look and recommendation too. She’s been treated and medicated since last Saturday.) I will be taking the girls home shortly I think, and then going to bed, so I will see you tomorrow, every night I hope that when I wake up the crud will be gone, maybe it will be tomorrow! Happy weekend, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Aug 6, 2026 @ 18:18 (!!!) Good evening family & friends❣️ Still have the crud, but did get out of the house today to take Maisie to her vet appointment, pick up a couple of my prescriptions, and get my hair cut. It was needed VERY badly, she cut off 4+” and left ¾” all around my head. Once I got home I made my meal which was different (see link below) but quite tasty; also got everything done here on the blog, and I will be going to bed shortly but wanted to check in with you before I did. I hope your day has been a good and I will see you tomorrow, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Aug 5, 2026 @ 15:57 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Today is a muggy, still, gray day in the upper 80s. Luna was here but has gone home now, I’ve been trying to shake off “the crud” for a while now so sleeping is my thing this week I guess. I was having fun getting the blog updated today, Wednesday Wags is my favorite meme gallery to put together, and today’s Video of the Day is fantastic! But I have no other plans, other than looking forward to one of my favorite meals when I’ll be eating 2 of my favorite foods. (For those who don’t know I eat OMaD most days.) And then I’ll be going back to bed to rest and sleep the remainder of the day, and will see you tomorrow. Enjoy your Wednesday❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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Aug 4, 2026 @ 11:11 (!!!!) Well golly, I couldn’t have planned that better!! Today has been a confusing day so far and to be honest I am struggling a bit. Lyra and Luna were here apparently, and their usual time of 07:00, and Lyra (12YO) woke me up very early – when Pete is usually “on duty” – because Leelan was on the phone from work with some changes to his pick up schedule. I was confused in my half-asleep state because why did Pete tell Leelan to call me with that? Anyway, I am still hoping I have the times right.. I got up, there was no Pete, and no bus, and no coffee. The girls were in their room. Besides being half-asleep, I was so muddled! Before I could check my phone for any messages, Lyra texted Pete and was telling me where he was. Evidently he left in the wee hours of the morning, before the girls even got here, to visit a friend up in Lupton (about an hour+ away)…and left me sleeping and girls to their own devices (which they are ok on their own for short periods, especially since I was here). But it was just all so strange to me! I got the dogs fed, gave Maisie her meds, made a pot of coffee – not in that order – and now, a couple of hours later, I am still feeling confused and foggy and hoping that, when I was half-asleep, I got Leelan’s message right and don’t mess up his schedule later! So let’s see where the day goes from here, eh? 🙄
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Aug 3, 2026 @ 21:35 Good evening family & friends❣️ I couldn’t post today. (There were things I wrote about in my last health update.) And will be going to bed shortly. So I will see you tomorrow, good night.❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Aug 2, 2026 @ 19:12 Good evening family & friends❣️ It has been a quiet day today…once Pete left for church I worked on this blog, then let the #PoiBoiz out, gave their cages a good scrubbing (as opposed to the more usual spit’n’polish), spent some time playing my keyboard from my newest hymnal, then did the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen. I do not recall what I did after that until Pete got home…we talked for a while…and he went back to the bedroom for a nap so of course I also fell asleep here in my chair. Afterward I changed Maisie’s dressing and took some progress photos of her foot which I will share maybe tomorrow (for those who have the stomach for it), and let it air out for a while. Now it is time to feed my PoiBoiz for the evening so I can go to bed, and I will see you tomorrow, sleep well, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Aug 2, 2026 @ 09:06 Good morning family & friends❣️ Well golly, here we are 2 days later! I shall explain… Yesterday morning I got up, knowing I had to get Maisie to the after-hours vet clinic for her foot. They could get me in at 16:00. Until we had to leave Pete and I talked about the stuff couples usually talk about, I checked my emails, worked on this blog, etc. We left at 15:00 and by the time they were done with Maisie it was nearly 17:00, stopping grab a bite since we hadn’t eaten all day; by the time we got home, Maisie had gotten her bandage off. (At least the dressing was only $45 of the total $380 bill 🙄.) Once we got Bojack to stop freaking out about Maisie’s e-collar, I re-bandaged her foot, we sat down with a beverage each and fell asleep in our chairs; Pete woke me up several hours later, at about 23:00…told me to go to bed and he’d stay with the dogs in the living room. Didn’t have to ask me twice! I fell asleep instantly when and he woke me at 7:00 with some hot fresh coffee made and here I am. Which it why it seems 2 days later! I’ll be back though…see you then❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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July 31, 2026 @ 21:49 And another month bites the dust…anyway, good evening family and friends❣️ It was another hot one today, sunny and in the 90s, but I think it will in the 70s again tomorrow. Our next-door neighbor has a big party the first weekend of August every year, with tents and sun umbrellas and games. There’s a privacy fence between us (this used to be rental house, so the neighbors on each side have a privacy fence) so I can’t see them having fun but we can hear it for sure and it’s great! We live in such a wonderful neighborhood! Anyway, 7YO Luna helped me do some organizing of things around the living room this morning after she and Emma did a little bit of rearraranging the other day. Not a lot, just a little. Then we picked up Lyra, and Leelan from his first job of the day (he worked both jobs today) and we all went out to lunch. It was a great time, as always. Of course I had a nap after that, and spent the evening on this blog. Overall it was a nice day and hoping the start of a nice weekend for us all! I will see you tomorrow, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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July 30, 2026 @ 20:47 Good evening family & friends❣️ Another weekend is quickly approaching as it remains busy here. It’s been busy and hot today again, but overall things are fine and I don’t have much to write about. Worked on the blog, spent time with Luna, messed around in the yard, had a nap after I ate, and that’s about it. So I guess I will be finishing off my day on a quiet note, and will see you tomorrow…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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July 29, 2026 @ 23:12 Good evening family & friends❣️ Today was a busier day than expected but we got through it just fine, as always. We went to the pet store to get ball for Bojack and he loved it, and Luna and I had a great time playing ball with him in the yard. Luna has been asking me a lot of questions lately about people in the family who are gone now, or who she just never sees, so she & I spent about an hour looking at pictures and talking about relatives; I really enjoyed sharing some old stories. So it was a really day with her. I have the sweetest and best grandchildren ever. Tonight I sat down to have some diet Vernors (I usually have a glass in the evening) but the store was out of it today so Pete brought me some regular Vernors. I only had a few sips of it, mentioning that it is full of high fructose corn syrup, which he knows I avoid; as soon as I said that I picked up my cup for another sip and there was a fly floating in it. Pete said, “I don’t know what high fructose corn syrup does to people but we know now that it kills flies!” I’m still laughing about that. OK, I will see you tomorrow, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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July 28, 2026 @ 20:47 Good evening family & friends❣️ And another day is almost over. Got a ton of stuff done with J&E here of course, I need to take photos of the changes they made, part of the time with Luna’s help. Once I get the #PoiBoiz settled in I’ll go to bed too, I don’t know how I made it through the day without a nap. I’ve been thinking a lot about my Gram (maternal grandmother) today, this would have been her birthday. Well, I guess is still is her birthday, she just didn’t live to see it. But she was a loving and very fun grandma to whom I was very close. In fact she was living with me when she passed…so she’s been on my mind today. Anyway, the week goes marching on, and I will see you tomorrow❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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July 28, 2026 @ 11:44 (!) Good morning family & friends❣️ Cloudy and breezy this morning, expected high of 78°F so a lovely day! J&E will be here shortly so just wanted to wish you a good day before I can get back later to work on the site again, it’s always busy when they’re here, and without Zoey’s help lately there is a LOT to get done today! I hope your Tuesday is terrific, see you later❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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July 27, 2026 @ 20:55 Good evening family & friends❣️ Today didn’t turn out anything like expected! Was up very early to take Pete down to Saginaw for some dental work. After his hour-long appointment we went to Sam’s Club to pick up some meat, produce, and dairy items, then went to the local coney island place for breakfast because yes, it was still that early in the day! Once we got home and got the groceries put away I had to go rest on the bed, and 7+ hours later I was waking up and the day was gone. That’s one way to get through a Monday I guess, eh? I caught up on my polos from the day, unpacked a box that had been delivered this afternoon, FINALLY updated my health page with latest TBI updates, and now I’m just saying good night and I’ll see you in the morning. I hope your day was a great one, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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July 26, 2026 @ 15:51 (!) Good afternoon family & friends❣️ The last time I looked at our thermometer it was 90°F outside in the shade, although the official weather report was calling for 87°F for a high. Either way I’m not going anywhere anyway. Today I have been working on the blog, and playing my keyboard. I will be switching things up in my daily faith update (above, at the top of the main page, in the most important spot). I’ve been sharing about heaven for the last 2 weeks. Today’s verse and context is a bridge to the next 4 Sundays as I plan to share one of the 4 Hallelujahs of Revelation 19 as a follow-up. (During the week I will share as the Spirit leads, as I usually do.) Over the years my precious friend Annette and I have talked much about heaven, and now that she is actually there, experiencing it all, it is always on my mind…as is she, still… Anyway, I think I will go back to my keyboard for a while before I make my supper, I usually eat at about 16:00 so I have time. I hope you having a marvelous day and I will see you later, or tomorrow❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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July 25, 2026 @ 15:30 (!) Good afternoon family & friends❣️ It looks to be partly sunny outside, expected high in the mid-80s, but I’m not going anywhere anyway. After my typical ridiculous amount of sleep I have been working on the blog. Pete is napping, and after I finish up here I will move over to my keyboard (which doesn’t bother him), and the rest of the day will come as it comes. I am praising God today for His hand on my bestie in MO, I spoke with her this morning and she is doing so much better, she may be able to go home this weekend! Now I want to go visit her so badly…we talk on Marco Polo all the time so at least it is face-to-face. I’ve been trying to remember when me met, I’m pretty sure it was the early-early 2000s, so about 25 years ago. After losing my precious friend Annette about a month ago, and long-time close (30+ years) friend David several years ago, I couldn’t imagine any more such losses. But it was great to talk to her! I think I’m pretty much done with the blog for today, I will wander around the net, checking up on my fave mastodon folks, and refilling my meme folders and videos for daily use, and will see you tomorrow. Enjoy your weekend❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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July 24, 2026 @ 12:53 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Well I was up before noon today, Pete was outside weed-whacking. He got a whacker at a yard sale not too long ago and he loves using it, it is battery-powered so no cord, and not nearly as loud as the gas-powered ones. Our neighbor mowed a couple of days ago too, so the yard is looking really nice. We desperately need some rain, though we are using the sprinkler morning and night most days. (Looking around the living room right now it looks like a flophouse for dogs hahaha!) Today we will be going out for Mexican food but no other plans. As I’ve mentioned I am trying to get my fingers and hands working on my keyboard again, so I practice daily when I can, so that’s something else, I guess. And lastly, but probably most importantly, when you spend time with the Father today could you please intercede for my bestie in MO who is in the hospital, and it is pretty serious, as is her situation at home with her pets. Last night I can VERY close to jumping in the bus and taking a 17-hour drive, although I know I don’t have the ability to do that safely yet…but I know that God can do what I can’t and I keep reminding myself of that. Thanks…and I will see you later or tomorrow, have a fantastic Friday❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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July 23, 2026 @ 19:13 Good evening family & friends❣️ It has been another beautiful sunny day today. I woke up this morning to find that Pete had taken all of the laundry to the laundromat! If you’ve followed me for very long you know that it takes me several days to do it, using my portable little machine sitting in the bathtub. So that was a lovely surprise that I appreciated so very much! I sure married a good man💞. Then I’ve been working here on my site, and playing my keyboard, and doing some cooking so that I’d have left overs to eat the next couple of days (roast chicken, and smoked pork, sort of like bacon but bigger chunks). The dogs have all been good, we continue to leave the back door open so they can come and go into the yard through the opening in the screen. I am trying not to go to bed so early tonight, that is one of the effects or after-effects of either my brain injury or the migraine med I’m now on, I really don’t know…hopefully tomorrow I can update my health page as it’s been quite a while. But if I can stay up a couple more hours I’ll be happy! I hope you’re enjoying your Friday, Jr., and I will see you tomorrow❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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July 22, 2026 @ 14:16 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Beautiful sunny breezy day in the mid-70’s, no smoke in the air. I’m not planning to go anywhere, but I don’t know what I will be doing yet. Too many choices, there is a lot to be done around here, but I’ve been working on my site ever since I got up so it’s time to get moving. I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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July 21, 2026 @ 13:45 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Warm and humid outside, severe thunderstorms in the area but nothing near in our neighborhood. Pete is at a doctor’s appointment in Saginaw. I’ve been working on the blog all day, I’m pretty much done with everything, yesterday I didn’t get everything done that I like to and I hate when that happens. Today I will be working on music to post tomorrow and Sunday if I can. I really need to post a “final” health update since I have finished my therapies, and how things are left with my brain injury too, but not today. So that’s it for me at the moment, I will probably see you tomorrow, God willing, enjoy the rest of your day❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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July 20, 2026@ 22:09 Good evening family & friends❣️ Wonderful day today, though a bit long and – to my brain, as usual, exhausting. We took Bojack to see his mom today, she’s about 90 minutes from here so it was a lot of driving, came home and slept for several hours of course and I just woke up but not for long. I wish I could have gotten some pictures while we were there, Bojack had a blast playing with his “cousin”, a black lab named Maggie too, so a good time was had by all! We have a lot going on this week, Pete has appointments, J&E will be coming, etc. and it’s starting out really well so far! I won’t be putting anything else up today but will see you tomorrow…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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July 20, 2026 @ 11:05 Good morning family & friends❣️ It is a nice day today, expected high in the mid-80s, and Pete just told me that iceburg lettuce has been recalled from 27 states. See, I don’t read/watch/listen to the news, and while I might accidentally catch a headline here or there online I am not intentional about it by any means. This is probably the only news I will know about today which means it is significant enough to share here hahaha! The dogs are all doing well still getting along, actually pretty chill for the most part. It’s good that we leave the back door open so they can come and go as they please, so all 3 aren’t usually in the house at the same time. Pete and I have had 4 dogs at the same time in the past but (a) that was a bigger 960 sq ft house, and (b) only one of the dogs was big. Still, I liked having a pack, though Maisie clearly would prefer it if the other 2 weren’t here. I do have to maintain her level of attention and her workload; if either one of those drops she gets depressed. Anyway I’ve got to get ready to leave, I haven’t yet found today’s Ain’t That The Truth, or any memes though the Video of The Day is posted [https://chia.owly.net/video-of-the-day] – we’ll see how much time I have left later – meanwhile have a magnificent Monday❣️🤗🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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July 19, 2026 @ 20:23 Good evening family & friends❣️ It is almost chilly outside right now at the very beginning of tonight’s sunset; we still have more than an hour but the sky is starting to get some pretty pastel colors in it. The outside temp is 74°F and the AQI is 87 [moderate]. There has been a lot going on today, right now I’m making dog food for Maisie, then I’ll take care of the #PoiBoiz, and that will be it for me. Tomorrow Pete and I have to run some errands and that is it but if I can get up early and we can get an early start that would be nice! I hope you had a great weekend, and get a good rest to start your week, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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July 19, 2026 @ 13:33 (!) Good morning family & friends❣️ Beautiful day outside today! It is currently 73°F and sunny, slight breeze…the AQI if 152 (unhealthy*) but we have the back door open anyway, because dogs. There are 3 here in our little 720 sq ft house now, and giving them the ability to come and go into the yard helps. Of course we have Bojack with Maisie, and Maisie’s bestie Shylo is here for a week while her family vacations. I will have to do Don’s guest post later, and still hoping to record something for today but with the fans running, well, you can imagine… I need a break at the moment, though, starting to get hungry, so I will be back later. Just wanted to wish everyone a good morning and a sensational Sunday❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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*Unhealthy
People with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens:
Avoid strenuous outdoor activities.
Keep outdoor activities short.
Consider moving physical activities indoors or rescheduling.
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July 18, 2026 @ 22:40 Good evening family & friends❣️ Well golly, here I am at the end of the day which barely begun before it was flying by!
[But first, smoke reports: too smoky with AQI in the 150s at bedtime so no fans or a/c. Woke up at 4:40 and AQI was down to 113 so I turned the a/c on in our room. AQI was 54 when I got up for the day but smoke started covering us again and it got up into the 160s by late afternoon. And it is at 102 now – low enough to run the a/c unit in our room for sleeping.]
Once I got up this morning I had to get a few things done and then get ready for Lyra’s play at a nearby high school. That girl blew it out of the park, I was AMAZED at how far she’s come since the last time I saw her (before my brain injury)!!! She was in the chorus and dancing through most of it, until the last quarter of the show, and then she came to the front of that stage and OWNED it!! Absolutely stunning!!! After the show we took her out for ice cream; she had wanted some when she was here yesterday but the smoke levels were too high for us to go out, so we took her today, and spent about an hour just hanging out in the shade. Then another hour or so at her house with the family when we dropped her off. Came home and started working on the blog but…wait…let’s see if you can guess what happened? 😂 Didn’t wake up until nearly 22:00…did the dishes that were in the sink from earlier…and now here I am, almost ready to go back to bed. I hope you are having a good weekend and I will see you tomorrow!
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July 17, 2026 @ 18:42 Good evening family & friends! Well, between the smoke/air quality and the extreme heat, it has been a strange week. While the air quality was up in the 460s yesterday, today we’re in the upper 200s. And while the heat index was over 100°F much of the week, late yesterday it went down to 70°F. By this afternoon it was starting to feel a little more normal, though the air is still smoky outside. Anyway, we’ve had our youngest grand here all day, and she’s always fun. The middle one, who is a preteen, arrived a little while ago and has been in their room with door closed since she arrived; she is a preteen and spends most of her time in there. Go figure. We won’t be seeing Leelan today. Other than spending time with Luna I had a nap, ate some leftovers earlier, and that’s pretty much my day. I’m about to make dinner so this is where I will say good-night, and I will see you tomorrow❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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July 16, 2026 (although I’m actually writing this on the 17th) This hI have arthritis in it anyway soas been a week, between the heat and the smoke – wow! The highest AQI (air quality index) we got to, that I know of, was 461 (Thursday). The air was a sickly yellow-gray color, heavy, and thick. Between the triple-digit heat indices and the unbreathable air this has beenI have arthritis in it anyway so quite a week so far! By the end of the day all that was left to do was go to bed early and see how Friday would work out so that’s what I did…and now we’ll see…I hope, wherever you are, you are safe!
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July 15, 2026 @ 21:12 (!) Good evening family & friends❣️ Well, I gave up smoking years ago, but it would appear that I’ve taken it up again! When I let the dogs out into the yard today I figured some neighbors were BBQing some sort of awful-smelling meal. Then in the late afternoon we went out to get ourselves something to eat and the smoke that blanketed our neighborhood was shocking!! As we made our way to a nearby restaurant we were stunned by lack of visibility. Pete, who has COPD, was glad he had a mask in the car but it still exacerbated his cough. I ended up taking some video around town on our way home that I hope to share tomorrow here (on my site). Neither Pete nor I, in our combined 144 years on earth (hey! that’s a gross of years!), have seen anything like it. I hope the winds change to send it back to Canada, or we get flooding rains, or something. That’s all the news today I guess, I will see you tomorrow, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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July 14, 2026 @ 20:20 (!) Good evening family & friends❣️ I am into travel programs and documentaries about places I will never visit, and last night when I went to bed I watched one where the first statement was something about it being a place where comfort wasn’t an option, only survival was. This is day 2 here where that description fits. If you’ve known me for any length of time, you know I’m a whiner 😩 (which is different from a complainer 😣). Tomorrow is supposed to be day 3. I have done nothing today other than hanging out in a cool shower, and sleeping until late afternoon. I accomlished one task after that: cleaning out the refrigerator. I think after tomorrow our temps are supposed to start dropping. I will see you tomorrow, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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July 13, 2026 @ 16:06 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I hope you are staying cool today. How come I never heard of a “heat dome” until this year? I guess we’re under one now, with temps in the upper 90s (not unusual in summer once in a while) and heat indices in the low 3-digits. I remember when it would get this hot when I was a kid and staying with Gram at her house at Higgins Lake, and she would pack up food so we could hang out at the beach…with the breeze off the water and the shade from the trees behind the beach we were plenty cool. Of course now we live a short distance from the bay (at the purlicue of the mitten) but here we sit. Go figure 🤷. I wouldn’t want to leave the animals home alone in this heat anyway though. Staying cool to me means spraying myself with a water botter and sitting in front of the fan. Our tiny bedroom a/c doesn’t keep up well when it is this hot. Tomorrow is supposed to be worse but we’ll deal with that when we get there. Speaking of which, I will see you then, enjoy the rest of your day❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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July 12, 2026 @ 20:56 Good evening family & friends❣️ It is nice to sit here in the living room with the windows open and the fan blowing nice cool air in! It’s been a nice day anyway though, Casey & Bill & Shylo stopped by, and all 3 dogs got along fine which is good since we’ll have them while their family goes on vacation. Pete was gone quite a long time during and after church, long lunch with friends and then a yard sale on the way back, which gave me plenty of time to play my keyboard too. We’ve got an influx of those nasty Japanese beetles at the moment, chewing everything up and destroying plants, today I finally ordered something when all of the home remedies didn’t work. Anyway, I will be ready for bed before too long, as soon as I get the #PoiBoiz fed and ready for bedtime. I’ll see you tomorrow, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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July 11, 2026 @ 16:41 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ A nice sunny day outside, about the same as yesterday. Pete is napping, I’ve been working on this site (my blog) and scrubbing rugs. I’m about to go play my keyboard, I want to start posting something, one song at least, on Wednesdays and Sundays, and maybe Fridays too. Yesterday we enjoyed our day date, and brought home a LOT of excellent finds from the VOA half-off sale! Pete got some cool shirts, and I got a bunch of summer/sleeveless dresses (we’re supposed to be back up 100+ heatdex next week) plus a new purse. Of course our dinner was lovely as well, I mostly stuck with seafood…actually I think Pete did too. Their pizza looked good too but I just can’t make myself buy pizza at an Asian restaurant hahaha! They do a great job on seafood though. Anyway, I’ve got this blog caught up for the day so I’ll be at the keyboard for a while, then who knows? I hope you’re having a good weekend, see you tomorrow❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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July 10, 2026 @ 13:46 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Nice sunny day today, it’s 80°F in the shade according to our outside thermometer. I haven’t been keeping up with the weather reports, this has been a chaotic week in our lives and in my head and frankly, I’ve been struggling and depending on Pete’s help to keep up. But here we are on Friday, and I will be taking the rest of the day off, no more posts or updates, after I shut down here. I mentioned last night that we’re going to Saginaw for a day date, which is badly needed by us both. I don’t think we have anything going on for the weekend either but will check with Pete when he wakes up from his nap. At any rate, I will see you tomorrow❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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July 9, 2026 @ 21:36 Good evening family & friends❣️ Another day of picking up and dropping off grands by Pete, plus me working on the blog, plus dog training which I wrote more about on Bojack’s page, plus the usual things that go with running a household. Lots of sun, lots of rain, lots of humidity. Speaking of Bojack, Zoey’s dad stopped by this evening and golly, was that dog happy to see him! I think they were both happy to see each other. It was cute. I had a nap after things settled down and now I’m up again to finish up here. Tomorrow will be a different kind of day, no kids, but the VOA down in Saginaw has 50% off everything in the store, so we’re going down there, and having lunch in the Chinese restaurant instead of our Friday fish dinner. It will be a fun date to start our weekend. I hope that you have a fun Friday too, I will “see” you tomorrow – good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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July 8, 2026 @ 20:02 (!) Good evening family & friends❣️ Today passed by without me evein noticing it. Things are still fine with our visitor, though he had a bit of a rough time setting down last night. Pete stayed in the living room with him, I guess it will be my turn tonight, if he still needs company. It was in the low 20s today and sunny. Pete and I were taking a restful day when we got a call from Lyra asking Umpa Pete to come and get her; she and Casey had been in an accident and, of course, her mom had a lot to deal with. Bill said the car is probably totaled, so we are especially thankful that the Lord kept Casey and Lyra safe! Anyway, Lyra stayed with us for a couple of hours until it was time for her rehearsal to start…we’ll see what tomorrow holds, we are, of course, ready to help out with transportation needs they have while they’re short a car. Anyway, it is time to feed everybody and Pete is asleep, I will see you tomorrow – good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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July 7, 2026 @ 22:30 Good evening family & friends❣️ I just got both dogs and both birds fed and put to bed for the night, although Bojack is still a bit confused and unsure what he is supposed to do. Today Pete did the running around with the grands, and I did the “new” dog stuff. Things are going extremely well though; I will write more tomorrow because I’m ready for bed at the moment, I’m just so pleased we were all able to pull this off for Zoey, she’s been such a blessing to us…sleep well and I will see you tomorrow❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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July 6, 2026 @ 22:67 Good evening family & friends❣️ I hope you have had a good Monday. Mine was very busy, I didn’t get online until evening. As a result I didn’t get anything done on the blog except the very basics. We’ll see how tomorrow goes, but it promises to be busy too…no wonder I have to sleep so much! I hope your week got off to a good start and I will see you tomorrow, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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July 5, 2026 @ 20:31 Good evening family & friends❣️ I hope you have had a great weekend! Today Pete & I spent some time on the river, where he fished, and I relaxed in HoWie, catching up on some emails and polos. Very nice afternoon. We came home, I started on the blog, and he was waking me up several hours later. Shocking, I know. Overall it was just a nick laid-back day before our new week starts tomorrow…which is when I will see you next. Have a good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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July 4, 2026 @ 16:56 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ The sun just came out after a nice steady rain, which we badly needed. 81°F at the moment, expected high of 85°F but we may have already reached that; I haven’t been paying attention. I have been doing a lot of sleeping today and not much else other than making some toys for the PoiBoiz after I cleaned their cages, and I had a snack; not really hungry today but will likely also have some tongue with horseradish as another snack. We tend to stay home on holidays and away from traffic. Poor Maisie had a miserable night with the neighbors setting off fireworks. We have 32″ of storage under our bed and it is full of totes; she literally pushed packed totes out of the way to get herself into the middle of them, it was heartbreaking. We decided that tonight we will stay up with her in the living room and see if she does any better out here with us. She’s never minded fireworks too much in the past, but this is the first year she’s not had another dog with her. Anyway, we will do what we can for her. I won’t be posting anything else today but will see you tomorrow, I hope you having a great weekend!
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July 3, 2026 @ 08:42 (!) Good morning family & friends❣️ It is sunny and “only” 80°F at the moment, with 72% humidity it feels muggy and sticky. Planning to stay in for the day except for when we go out for our fish dinner later. But we won’t be outside for very long, with an expected high of 94°F. I was up early, woke at 5:30 and got out of bed an hour later so I could make Maisie’s dog food. Pete could have whipped her up something for breakfast but I was awake anyway so I did it. Not sure what I will do with the rest of the day, if the house stays cool enough I will be able to get some things done. A nap is likely. I’ve already done the morning 3 and Foodie Friday, not planning on posting any more, but one never knows! At any rate I will see you later, enjoy your day❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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July 2, 2026 @ 22:23 (doggone it!) Good evening family & friends❣️ It’s down to 87°F outside, 90°F here in the living room, but for the next week+ we’ll have lots of days in the 70s and low80s. This week we have done next-to-nothing though so not much about which to write (though I did update chiachow.net about cooking my first beef tongue today); I will see you in the morning❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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July 1, 2026 @ 17:34 Good afternoon, family & friends❣️ Today has been a quiet but productive day. Got my usual 13+ hours of sleep and was up at 12:30. Between then and now we had our meal, I got the dishes done, and worked here on the blog, as well as caught up on all of the Marco Polo messages from the last few days, emails, and social media. At the moment “social media” refers to theres.life as I have left everything else while I’ve been trying to back off most activities during recovery over the last year. Now I’m not sure whether I will go back…but anyway…it is hot, has been in the upper 90s today with the “feels like” right around 105-107°F; tomorrow is supposed to be similar. I doubt that I will get a Wed Worship song up today so this will be it. I hope you are having a good day and staying comfortable, and I will see you later❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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I like the new right side column
I really like it too! And the whole look of it…thanks my love!
The picture of Maisie in her lookout chair appears as if she is driving. So adorable ?
LOL I thought that was cute too, especially the tail sticking out the side!
I love this!!! 🙂
Great job (though I’m not surprised)!!
I’m glad you like the update, I do too!
Happy, Happy ‘Special-Day’ to you Sherry! Best wishes, thoughts, prayers, and love as you navigate this next year of life in this crazy world,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Thank you my dear wonderful friend!!! And THANK you for the card, it speaks to me and I will be saving and finding a way to display the gorgeous graphics on the front – it is so me! (But you knew that!) Your beautiful note…you have made my birthday that much more special just by being you, love to you, Annette ???
Oh Sherry! I was concerned about all your ‘planting-plans’ outside and your involvement in it all, but I can understand your wanting to be an active participant throughout the process, so as to know ‘what’s where’. So now you’re physically suffering from all the (uncomfortable) hours it took being outside. Rest dear one. Rest and just talk with God. I send my love…
Yes, between the planting and then the 6 hours (mostly) sitting in a hard chair I was pretty done in. Emma and Jared make my planting as easy as possible on me, they fill the pots with the dirt and bring them to me on a wagon so I can do it from my seat, my body just isn’t used to those types of movements I guess? But the worst of it only lasted a day so I am thankful, and it was such a fun time that I’ve been looking forward to for so long! Thank you so much for your understanding comments, you always “get me” ? That is exactly how I spent the next day! I hope all is well with you and you haven’t been touched by the nasty weather that’s been going around this week – love to you dear Annette❣️
From the video (Myrtle, May 6) it appears as if many of your plantings are INSIDE the fenced-in area. I’m hoping the dogs (especially little mischievous Chuy) will leave all the buckets & baskets alone, i.e. not dig in them, eat them, pee in them, etc. I get excited seeing and hearing YOUR excitement regarding all the different plantings. There certainly are a LOT of them! Best regards to you & Pete.
Hi, Annette! Yes, that is intentional after having the wildlife eat so much of what I grew last year. I have been considering putting some of the pots on ornamental bricks for visual interest. As for Chuy, he’s pretty short LOL! He hasn’t used any of the pots for his potty yet, he seems to prefer naturally-growing spots :). I’ll tell you what, before last year I never would have believed I’d be so “into” gardening! Loving it though, glad my passion is coming across! Thanks for your input, it’s always welcome ?
I just read your health page and, under the circumstances, am astounded at what you have already accomplished so far today. My goodness! Yes you need help with filling those water bottles. I actually got ‘scared’ for you. I HOPE you don’t end-up losing your leg!?!?!? If only there was something I could do for you, but all I can think of is to PRAY…fervently PRAY. I love you guys so much and wish only the very best for you! Bless you!
Well, to be honest, I am astounded that I can accomplish anything…it is only by the grace of God. I hope that losing my leg isn’t part of The Plan, and had just been expressing that recently to Pete. Just remember, the BEST thing you can do is to pray! I am resting it when I can, and when Pete is back to walking well and doing what he does, I will get it taken care of (whatever that may be)…meanwhile I’m using lotions and potions and pills and rest when I can. But knowing you, and others, are praying, I know that God is working and it will all be good, according to His perfect will. Thank you dear Annette…we love you too and so much appreciate our friendship ?
Lord please, Please, PLEASE keep Pete & Sherry and their possessions safe from harm through the storms You are sending through. In the name of Jesus we pray…Amen.
Thank you, Annette, He did! We are well and, looking out the window, it seems our baby plants are too! I will go out later and look more closely but Pete and I did fine! God is faithful!
Today’s ‘Wednesday-Wisdoms’ (05/22/24) are absolutely excellent, and many are applicable to my own situation at the moment. Thanks for sharing them Sherry!
I absolutely LOVE you new ‘buzz’ haircut. I’d like to have one myself, but when I see pictures of me with a new short. Short, SHORT haircut, I look like a ‘little-old-MAN’! YOU don’t look that way. You look like a very, Very, VERY pretty WOMAN!
Oh this haircut is SO comfortable! AND so easy…I have very much missed having my hair short and it is a blessing to have a good cut. I did laugh out loud at the though of you looking like a little old man hahaha! I can’t imagine that but definitely taking your word for it and that was good for a laugh! Thank you so much, I needed to hear your words this week?
I’m so sorry to learn of your latest health issue (right hand ). The videos are good to see and hear, so if it’s easier on you to make them, then that will save you from having to type-out so much. As always, best wishes, thoughts, prayers, and much love to you, Pete, and the furry & feathered friends.
Thanks, Annette…we will see what happens with these new developments; just breaking my heart to sit and look at my keyboard and not be able to use it at the moment. The rest I am dealing with as always…but kicking and screaming sometimes :). You are loved and appreciated so much by Pete and I, always love your insights and thoughts?
Chop-up vegetables with my LEFT hand??? You’re kidding…right??? I guess we can be thankful that WE have TWO hands to use. (There are people who ‘don’t’!) I’m surely hoping this ‘situation’ is but a TEMPORARY one!
Well I did manage, using both hands…sort of steadying the cleaver with my right hand and doing the actual cutting with my left – or maybe it was the other way around? My fingers don’t cooperate but my hand as a whole at least will go where I tell it to, even though it’s weak. If not for that I couldn’t have! If this situation ISN’T temporary I will need buckets of God’s grace! Not playing my keyboard, especially, is breaking my heart. I know your prayers are heard by God❣️
I enjoyed going around Myrtle with you today. Now NEXT year, maybe you will label some slower-growing things so you remember what got planted where. The audio was PERFECT. Your voice came through loud and clear. I hope your hand is better today than yesterday, and better yesterday than the day before.
Yeah, that does sound like a good idea hahaha! Glad the audio was better too!
I really enjoy the Wednesday Wisdom quotes.
They are a favorite for sure! 🙂
The email you sent back to me today (06/27/24) did not work…DARN! The message received instead was “Not Found: The requested URL was not found on this server.” That’s strange, because you sent a message like this to me once before, and it worked just fine. I’m anxious to hear what you had to say!!!
That’s because I’m an idiot hahaha! I rename the files after a few days so I remember what went to who, and without thinking I renamed it, obviously before you saw it – DUH! ?♀️ Check your email…
I got it and responded. Thank you!
I’m so sorry to learn that you are very sick. Sending fervent prayers and lots of love. (July 1st & 2nd).
Thanks, Annette…this is a rough week for sure…love to you too❣️
WPW! I guess you DO now have a ‘waterfront-property’! We’ve had a TON of rain here too…a shower or two almost every day! I really like your new washing machine and ‘dryer-set-up’. I assume the dryer pulls down, otherwise that’s quite a stretch to hang your wet clothes. Thanks for sharing…AND I’m so very glad you’re feeling better. I wonder what ‘bug’ THAT was? Love you!
HAHA yes we did! That was CRAZY, inch and a half in less than 15 minutes in the rain gauge! Myrtle’s garden seems to love all the rain though, it’s been interspersed with plenty of sunny times too, and is thriving! This washing machine, Pete said, though so much bigger, is lighter than the old one! That’s important because we have to move it in and out of the shower when we want to wash ourselves…we’re used to that but I was worried that it might be heavier. And yes, the dryer is on a hook that is firmly embedded into the ceiling so we just have to lift it off, although it when I step up into the shower it isn’t quite a high as it looks from when I was filming from several inches lower…most of the time, though I hang thing on my new rack outside and just hang my unmentionables inside:). I’m very glad I’m feeling better too, whatever that thing was, it was AWFUL! Thankful it only lasted a few days! We love you too and hope you are having some sunshine streaming in today!
I enjoyed viewing what you posted today. I was so sorry to learn about Pete’s tripping over Chuy and the set-back that it’s causing. Regarding Howie, the bed looks so high, but it likely isn’t too high to get in and out-of. Looks like a good time with Bill, Casey & the grands. My helper Max was here Saturday and did loads for me. Jace got a job (finally) delivering pizza, so had to work. I hope your week ahead goes well. Love to you!
Hi, Annette, Pete sees his PTist this afternoon, he’ll get his thoughts on if any damage was done or whether it just needs to heal up but it has really affected his pain levels. Great that you got so much done with Max on Saturday and YAY that Jace got a job! I hope he enjoys it and gets lots of tips! Love to you from us both as well ?
Pete’s doctor called and wanted to ‘see-him-right-away’. The next day, he had a THREE HOUR doctor’s appointment. Hey! Is Pete okay? What’s going on?
Hi, Annette, I didn’t go in with him, and he didn’t ask any questions. So I don’t know much. They did a lot of tests, he doesn’t know the results, and they are referring him to the “blind clinic” or something like that…it was his ophthalmologist appointment…he said he isn’t blind (he’s doing a lot of driving, he’d better not be!) and he didn’t ask why they’re sending him there. He goes in about a month. And I WILL be going in with him!
“Global Tech Outage Wreaks Havoc in the U.S.” Your laptop difficulties may be due to this, and not malfunction of your devices. Read all about it. Love you guys!
It’s a technology outage affecting millions of businesses, hospitals, airports, etc., AND personal in-home devices. WE understand your frustration, but know that it’s not at all YOUR fault.
I’ll reply to both of your comments here…yes I was following that as I moderated throughout the day yesterday, so many businesses and flights and people have been horribly inconvenienced over that! And of course, it was on my mind when I sat down to do my evening work on my sites and my laptop had gone kerflewy! Since I don’t use Windows my systems weren’t affected by all of that, though I did notice some online lag times, a few sites not loading, etc. In the end, mine was an easy fix since Linux works well with command lines and isn’t dependent on the GUI to accomplish some things – like the repair I had to do! But all of those people who were affected – my heart went out to them, they were (are?) in a much worse pickle than I was! But anyway, thanks for your concern and reassurances, sending my love, and hoping all is well with you, think of you SO often!
BTW…I love Love LOVE your new coffee mug! That Pete…he thinks of everything and shows his love for you in so many ‘unique’ ways.
He sure does…he is an amazing man and I’m crazy about him. And I agree – that mug is PERFECT!
Oh my! Moving Myrtle and EVERYTHING else? What a misfortune! The cause? The ham radio and all related equipment? Can’t something be done besides moving? Life is full of hardships and challenges…including for 80+ year olds. It just never ends until we’re on our way to Heaven. Prayers offered for alternative plans besides having to move everything off your present site. What a dilemma! Love sent…
Yes it is a nightmare BUT all of our electrical and electronic stuff is fine, the breakers did their job! I wish that there was another way but yes, we do have to move…thank God for J&E, they are doing an amazing job of preparing all of this property with all of our stuff for the truck and the moving, and Myrtle’s new spot…it is a massive undertaking. I love the thought of “on our way to heaven” – so true, that’s life in this world eh? Myrtle will be back sort of between but somewhat forward of where the shelter tent and Junior were…she needs to be right next to the power pole which is right in front of where Junior was. (Pete moved him next to the driveway, sort of across from the garden.) It will all be over soon, we are praying, and things will be back to normal – albeit about 65′ away! Love to you!
I am ‘here’ with love, caring, and support. Always remember that!
I do know, and remember…knowing that is part of what is getting me through all of this…thank you Annette ?
Do you think all that hot Sun shining on the metal ramp is ‘burning’ the dogs’ feet?
That was our first thought too…but the metal stays very cool even in the hot sun. IDK what it’s made of or treated with but we can stand on it or hold the rails even when the sun is on it – amazing!
My Goodness! Thank you so very much for such beautiful birthday wishes! I certainly wasn’t expecting THAT! Today marks 81 times around that big ol’ Sun…but who’s counting anyway? Thanks again Sherry. I send my love…
You are welcome, I couldn’t find a card or anything that said what I wanted to say…and I wanted to be sure you saw it! Pete agrees with me, we meant every word! I hope your day is beautiful, we send our love to you too??
I don’t know WHY I didn’t remember about your anniversary being a day after my birthday, but I didn’t. Anyway…Happy, Happy Anniversary to you two ‘love-birds’. Best wishes for whatever comes for you.,..NEXT! Love sent…
Well it was a few years before I started remembering that your birthday is the day before our anniversary too hahaha! Thank you so much for your wishes and prayers and love – love you too!
The message is difficult to read due to the width of the text combined with such small print. Can you enlarge the print…by a LOT?
YES! That may just solve the problem with the width too…maybe? I’ll go do that now…if you could please let me know if it helps?(No rush, I’m about to go record at the keyboard)
THANK YOU!
As you and I have been discussing, I’ve taken steps to resolve that and your suggestions have been very helpful! As for the alignment to the right: the typical commands I would use to correct that, aren’t – one of the glitches that remain, I assume, from losing and rebuilding the site last week? I appreciate so much your feedback and suggestions! Probably I’ll have to contact the place where I got my theme…it’s on the list 🙂
I tried to reply to your Moon River keyboard ‘treat’, but it said “You’re posting comments way too quickly. Slow down!” So I don’t know if you got my message or not. Anyway I always enjoy watching and listening to you play. Thank you for tonight’s selection.
I’ve never seen that error message before, golly! I did get your previous message, thank you! It isn’t very often that I play – or post – secular music as every time I sit at the keyboard I am inspired to worship but I am enjoying that new library book 150 Of The Most Beautiful Songs Ever, it is in the “easy” style so I embellish a lot hahaha! I have a plan (when I catch up on my emails I will tell you about it!) so will be prioritizing recording music a lot more often! Thank you as always for your love and support❣️
A friend parked on Psm 73:25 for a whole year.
He pondered and prayed that verse every day.
What does it mean, seriously, to desire NOTHING on earth except God?
He learned to let go of so much that was burdening him. God gave him personal ministries and spiritual attitudes which changed him.
That is something that, I would think, very few people find out. I am not one of them, if I were honest…it is no surprise that that year changed his life, though! (I loved this comment so much that I added it as a stand-alone to your Don’s Digest page.)
Thank you for the Birthday Wishes today. WOW! (the big ’82’)
We went to a local apple orchard yesterday and saw something we’ve never seen before (although it is well known by some locals). They look like muscle-bound green beans. They call them “Greasy Beans.” Research shows they are the BEST tasting green bean variety known in the NC, TN, KY area. If you can secure some Heirloom seeds, I recommend growing some. (The price for the beans was in the “Jack and the Beanstalk” realm.)
Wow, never heard of those, I will look them up and if I get a Jack and the Beanstalk budget will buy some – sound wonderful!
I really like the way you, Pete, J & E decorated your home …inside and outside. Your place looks mighty festive indeed. I’m also overjoyed that you will finally be able to see a specialist (neurologist) yet this week (rather than in April)! I certainly HOPE you will be able to get the help you need (and deserve) now. God bless Casey & Gwen. You have a remarkable support system. Love sent…