Ain’t That The Truth! ~ Today’s Daily Video
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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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UPDATED my Health page! [JesusIsLord]
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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, asd 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 has 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 been 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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June 30, 2026 @ 20:46 Good evening family & friends❣️ Eventful day today. Pete went to the vet’s office to pick up Chuy’s paw print, which made it an emotional day…it’s still pretty rough; anyone who has ever lost a pet knows about that, I know. The grands went home this evening, and probably won’t be staying with us any more this week. It will be each day as it comes. I gave my therapists big hugs when I left today, certainly I wouldn’t have gotten this far without them. In fact, when I started there I couldn’t be convinced that I would gain this much function back – ever! – let alone in just a few months! The Lord has used them to work such wonders that I couldn’t have imagined! I will miss them. Anyway, I will sign off for tonight and will see you tomorrow. Good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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June 30, 2026 @ 10:21 Good morning family & friends❣️ Well another month gone and my last day of therapy. Grands still here. Pete went to the vet’s office to pick up Chuy’s paw print. We got a beautiful card from them in yesterday’s mail. It is supposed to be hotter than yesterday, but I will be in a/c most of the day. We have a/c in the back of the house (bedroom/bathroom) but not in the kitchen/living room/girls’ room. I’d like to get another unit for the front of the house but the whole building only has 6 windows and I don’t want to use up 2 of them. Anyway, Casey willl be picking me up shortly, 2 of the 3 grands are staying here with Pete. It is, if you’ve been following along, my habit to fall asleep after therapy (and everything else 🙄) since my accident but it is my plan to post later today…so I will hope to see you then❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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June 29, 2026 @ 21:37 Good evening family & friends❣️ Busier day than I expected, what else is new? Of course was with the grands, and did a fair amount of cooking for everyone, plus including dog food, and had to do some minor grocery shopping at Kroger – most expensive store around, but also right near where we had to go anyway, after supper. Came home and was coloring with Luna when, guess what? If you guessed I fell asleep you would be correct. And that was that for the day by the time all was said and done with the grands for the evening. Now I am here to say good night, that’s all I have left, and I will see you tomorrow. Good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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June 29, 2026 @ 12:43 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ This week, I think, should be a more “normal” one, without a lot of running around. First, the grands are here today & tomorrow, which is always fun. Second, tomorrow is my last day of therapy, which is both exciting, and a little sad, as I love my therapists. Third, Pete and I have no plans for the rest of the week. Just him and me. That’s something to which we are looking forward – mainly to ssee what kind of trouble we’ll get into… Anyway, hot today, in the lower 90s, and mid-70s at night. For most of the week. Oy. And this is why I am not a fan of summer. Good thing there’s also gardening eh? And summer vacation so we see the grands a lot 🤗. So I got the morning 3 done, not sure what else I will post today, but am planning something (unless I fall asleep…one of the last things to get past in my healing journey, the need to sleep so much) before the day is over. Enjoy your Monday, and I will probably see you later❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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June 28, 2026 @ 19:12 Good evening family & friends❣️ Well here I am alive and well. Yesterday I did 7 loads of laundry and collapsed into hours of sleep but it is all done except the towels. And Zoey did her usual great job. Today I made it back to church. I have had 3 main goals since my brain injury a year ago: working in my garden, getting back to church, and getting my keyboard-playing back up to where it was before the accident. The last one I’m still working on; these months of therapy have taught me tools for dealing with the effects of all 3 though, so I can manage them. (There are lesser after-effects that will likely take longer.) This is all great news! It made me feel good that people were glad to see me this morning, and I am really thankful. Anyway once we got home I – of course – slept for several hours and just got up to get Don’s post posted. I think that’s all I’m going to get done tonight, it’s been a weekend and a half, and I will see you tomorrow. Hope your weekend was wonderful❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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June 27, 2026 @ 11:39 Good morning family & friends❣️ Absolutely gorgeous day outside, in the 70s, sunny, and breezy. Since I was so busy all week and my laundry kept getting pushed back, that will be my focus for the day. All day. Yesterday I’d planned to at least do a couple of loads but the girls were here and we’d promised some garage saling which turned into an entire day of yard, garage, and estate sales…plus dinner out. And by the time I got home I crashed, of course. Never even got my laptop turned on yesterday. BUT we got some good stuff which I’ll tell you about at some point but for now I will be relocating my laptop to the bedroom so that I can work on my site while I do laundry…Zoey is coming to work today too, so that’s it for now and I will see you later, enjoy your Saturday❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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June 25, 2026 @ 20:24 Good evening family & friends❣️ We’ve had tons of rain today, starting with when we were up in Pinconning at the butcher shop. It was fine when we went in, and as we were checking out the cashier said, “It’s a real downpour outside!” I said, “really?” (as in casual conversation, they have no windows) and she said, “A little bit” which puzzled me…but when we went out the door I saw that “downpour” was an understatement! We were drenched in the 15′ it took to get to our car! It was raining and hailing too hard to drive and the streets were flooded anyway, so we waited a little while and listened to the storm warnings on the weather radio, then started back to Bay City. Bright and sunny when we got closer to home, we stopped at another store and when we came out the sky was black again so we high-tailed it back to the house to get our purchases inside before the sky opened up again. Crazy stuff! We did have Luna with us for part of the day which is always fun…and at one point we stopped at a Farmer’s Market which was mostly crafts and baked goods this early in the season, but it was quite nice. Then I made us a supper of lamb (for Pete) and chuck roast (for me) fried up with onions, and crispy cheese zucchini slices in the air fryer for both of us. Now it is sunny but the clouds are getting dark over the bay so not sure what to expect but I will be going to bed soon, it was a long long – but good! – day. I will see you tomorrow❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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June 24, 2026 @ 22:50 Good evening family & friends❣️ I hope you had a good day. Mine was busy, on the days I feel good I can get a lot done and I am so thankful for those days! We were supposed to have rain, but didn’t, it is supposed to start during the night though. I’ll probably be too sound asleep to wake up for it though. Anyway, I will see you tomorrow, sleep well❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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June 24, 2026 @ 13:56 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Do you ever get the feeling that there is significance to a date, but you have no idea what it might be? As I was typing June 24 I had that feeling. (Gwen, if you’re reading this, do you know?) Anyway, after my usual 12-hour big nap – after my 5-hour earlier nap – I am up, and, while drinking some amazing iced coffee, I finally got around to making a fun change to my site (look to your left) that I’ve been planning but finally got around to actually doing. At least once a day I see something(s) I want to share but it/they don’t fit in anywhere, and that’s what that left column will be for:
FAB FINDS! Fun fascinating, frivolous, & fresh treasures found on the internet
Like the vast majority of my site, it is intended to make you smile.
Anyway, today will be laundry, mostly, of course, I may try a Wednesday Worship song again – this time out of my newest hymn book that arrived about a week ago – and instead of Wednesday Wags I think I will do another Wed. Workplace meme gallery as that was well-received the first time. We will have our middle granddaughter here for a couple of hours, and I also have to make a pot of dog food for Maisie, but I should be rested up enough to handle it all! So I’m going to get going and I will see you later, I hope you’re enjoying your week so far❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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June 23, 2026 @ 22:14 Good evening family & friends❣️ It’s been a long day, as you probably could have guessed by how late I’m getting my site updated! Therapy was rough today but I really wanted to push through since I will only have one more after today. I came home ready to eat and sleep! Had some lunch (cheese and tomato with keto chicken nuggets) and spent time with 7YO Luna, then I crashed. Totally. For 5 hours. Done in. When I got up I spent a couple of hours here on my site, and will be going to bed shortly. Tomorrow will be a much easier day. And I will see you then. Good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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June 23, 2026 @ 10:08 Good morning family & friends❣️ Bright sunny day in the 70s again today, nice breeze. I will be getting ready for therapy shortly, and have a load of laundry to hang out before I go. It will be raining the next couple of days. I always enjoy the long car rides with Casey. I woke up hungry during the night – which never happens – and couldn’t get back to sleep until about 6:30; when I did get up a couple of hours later Pete had bacon and a fried egg waiting for me…he is the BEST! Anyway, I’ll go get ready and will see you later, have a great day❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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June 22, 2026 @ 19:08 Golly, that didn’t take long! In the last hour+ I got my morning 3 and a meme post up and got my garden watered! I plan to get one more load hung out on the line and the next load (the 5th) in the washer to hang out in the morning before I leave for therapy. Supposed to have rain Wed/Thurs so I want to get as much done tomorrow as I can, then I can use the indoor drying rack for a couple of days. Anyway I just wanted to say good night and I will see you tomorrow (in the afternoon most likely), have a good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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June 22, 2026 @ 18:01 Good evening (barely) family & friends❣️ What a gorgeous day this has been, sunny and breezy, in the 70s! Have had various of the grands here and different times today which has been fun, while I’ve been working on laundry. This is the first time I’ve turned on my laptop since yesterday but I’m going to work on doing my “morning 3” between loads, at the very least. So I will see you later❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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June 21, 2026 @ 19:35 Good evening family & friends❣️ I hope you’ve had a great day. We enjoyed the day with our family, celebrating Pete & son-in-law Bill for Father’s day, a really fun time! I think we have the best family. We also got our lawn mowed so that is a good way to start the week tomorrow. We’ll be seeing the kids a lot again this week which is always a good thing. But all good things must come to an end, including this weekend, so I will be going to bed, and will see you tomorrow. Good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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June 21, 2026 @ 11:01 Good morning family & friends❣️ And happy Father’s Day to all the dads❣️ It is a gorgeous day here, bright sun, high in the low-mid 70s expected, and a perfect day to spend with our family celebratingour fathers…and our Father! I did get the “morning 3” done so far and Don’s guest post will wait until we get home later. I have to go make some potato salad that Pete can eat (he has dietary restrictions) to take with us, and get myself ready. It will be a fun day, it always is when we get together with the family! I hope that you have an amazing day, and I will see you later❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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June 20, 2026 @ 21:22 Good evening family & friends❣️ Another busy day. All of the laundry has been rinsed and dried repeatedly as the weather gets sunny and breezy before another downpour, repeatedly. Zoey was here of course, and did her usual great job with Maisie and cleaning, and helping me with a couple of extra little things. I even managed bang out a few songs on my keyboard from my new SG hymnal. We had a fantastic dinner tonight of pollock seasoned with salt and lemon pepper, fresh green beans tossed with olive oil and buttery steakhouse seasoning roasted on top of the pollock, and my favorite: sliced zucchini dipped in vegan (Pete can’t have eggs) mayo mixed with a little milk, then tossed with a mixture of keto flour, beef gelatin, arrowroot powder, and seasonings, then air fried until the coating is lumpy and browned and ever-so crispy. Excellent meal! I did get the blog updates done today, now I’m not sure about tomorrow since I won’t be home much but if nothing else Don’s guest post will be up, he has so many followers and I don’t want to be lynched! And now I will likely go to bed but I will see you tomorrow…sleep well❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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June 20, 2026 @ 10:19 Good morning familiy & friends❣️ Today started out as a rainy chilly windy day. I had to leave early to pick up Leelan and take him to work, so I wore our (Pete & I share it) rain coat. By the time I got to their house the sun was out and it was warming up. Still, the high today is only expected to be 69°F. I got back and gave Maisie her breakfast – she gets spoon-fed, by hand (when some rescue dogs come with starvation issues they never get over them and will always make themselves sick by scarfing down their meals; Maisie is our 2nd rescue dog with those issues), so it takes time. Pete was out early for a ham swap over in Midland but is now on his way home, and Zoey will be coming soon too. There will be lots of spurts of activity and not much uninterrupted time to work on the blog so I will be doing what I can, when I can, for today. Also my latest – did I even mention it? – hymnal, The Best of Southern Gospel, is out for delivery today. This makes 4 such hymnals out of which I love to play. I have plenty of fake books and contemporary music books as well but playing hymn-style just “hits different” as they say. So I will sit here and drink my iced coffee (dubai chocolate flavor today) and get started…speaking of which, I hope your weekend is off to a good start. I’ll see you later❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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June 19, 2026 @ 22:03 Good evening family & friends❣️ This is the first I’ve made it onto my laptop today, but I made it through the day so that’s something right? Yesterday I came up under a table and gave the back of my head a good whack and have been 🤕😵😣 ever since of course (while my brain has been saying, “Will you please cut that out?!?”) Actually I’m doing pretty well with the TBI and will be totally done with therapy after 2 more sessions. I have improved in so many ways, about which I will write on my health page soon. Anyway, after J&E were here and left today I had to sleep but they got a whole lot done and did their great work as usual! The biggest thing was getting our barn quilt hung. Zoey, who is another helper of ours and quite an artist, helped me work out a unique pattern for this, created it in the winter, and today Jared got it hung. And we LOVE IT!!! Especially knowing there’s not another like it anywhere! So I’m going to write off today and will see you tomorrow…have a good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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June 18, 2026 @ 21:02 Good evening family & friends❣️ It has been a day, much of it Lyra and I spent at the laundromat but now the winter bedding and heavy winter laundry is done. We used one standard top-loader, three 8-load, and one 6-load machine for all of it. I had a nap after we got home, then got up and had something to eat, got Don’s guest post up, and need to finish up the current batch of Maisie’s dog food, and take care of my PoiBoiz before going to bed. Sleep well and I will see you tomorrow❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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June 18, 2026 @ 08:59 Good morning family & friends❣️ Gray and rainy on and off this morning, though the sun was out for a few minutes. Expected high of 67°F which is just because my cool weather clothes are already packed up for the summer. We are all rather subdued today, including the PoiBoiz, and especially Maisie. The girls are here, Lyra is sleeping (she usually goes back to bed when she gets here) and Luna is sitting here with me, playing on her tablet while I work on the blog. I will come back later to put up Don’s guest post, as I’ve got things I need to get done today and want to get them out of the way. Plus Luna wants me to make her some rice, she just loves rice. I’m going to cut up a couple of all-beef hotdogs into bites and fry them in butter; she wants hers with the rice, I’m going to scramble some eggs with mine. Since I woke up several hours early today I am hungry several hours earlier too, and I will be at the laundromat a long time. I will likely crash after we get home, so look for Don’s post later in the day…enjoy your Thursday in the meantime and I will see you then❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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June 17, 2026 @ 12:28 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ It is a cloudy, breezy day so far, with an expected high of 74°F. Our lows this week will be dropping through the 50s until the weekend when it will be back in the mid-40s which is crazy at this time of year. I will start my mounds of laundry later after this but because of rain threats on and off will be using my indoor rack for drying. It will take me a week to do all of this…so far today I’ve done my usual blog updates and Wed Wags, this week is a special edition dedicated to the love and loss of dogs, as this afternoon Chuy will be going to the vet for the last time, which I explain in more detail at the bottom of that post for those interested. I plan to stay as busy as I can in the next few days. Anyway, I hope you have a lovely day and I will see you next time❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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June 16, 2026 @ 21:48 Good evening family & friends❣️ As usual, I haven’t had the time go get online, this being a therapy day…BUT I will only have 2 more of these, I learned today! I have been working hard and my wonderful therapists have taught me so much, that I’m almost ready to leave the nest and use the tools they’ve taught me to deal with my remaining symptoms and pain. Anyway, when I got home it was still too bright to work in my garden, so Pete and I went to Jack’s for some produce, and grabbed a burger while we were out. By the time we got back the skies were opening up, so I just took my usual post-therapy nap. We are having a nice steady rain this evening after some loud and bright thunder boomers most of the evening while I’ve been working on this site. Not sure what tomorrow will hold, I think we’re supposed to get more rain but not sure. I hope you are having a good week and I will see you tomorrow, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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June 15, 2026 @ 17:11 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ It’s been a good day, the girls have been here all day, and Luna has helped me with all of the #PoiBoiz’ flotsam and jetsam. They have accumulated SO MANY toys and toy parts, food dishes and skewers and such, perches, hardware, etc…just all together and mixed with feathers and dust. It’s been an absolute mess and getting worse since we moved here. So she did a fantastic job of getting it organized, tossing out the unusable parts and putting like-with-like…just like she was made for the job! Good timing because their cages had been cleaned out for spring cleaning on Saturday and I was just giving them footie and chewable toys until everything had been sorted and I could make sense of what we had, what I needed to make, and what fresh fun I could provide for them. So that was my day today. I made some roast chuck for my meal today, and I will be going to bed early as tomorrow is therapy day (as if I need an excuse to go to bed early 🙄). I hope you had a marvelous Monday and I will see you tomorrow❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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June 14, 2026 @ 13:23 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ It is chilly in here! After all of the excessive heat we’ve had over the last couple (few?) weeks it is in the 60s so far today. And rainy, until about an hour ago. We’ll be having lows in the 40s before the month is out, or so the weather-guessers say… No plans for today. We have decided to take a day off from everything. Except thinking. I am mentally planning the changes to my site. At some point I will know I’m ready and just be able to sit down and do it. I have changed a couple of little things however: Sunday “Ain’t That The Truth” and “Video of the Day” will be based on Christian truths, as well as anything else I may decide to post. A choice I have recently made. (This does not apply to guest posts of course, as it is only my own feeling about Sundays.) I am not sure if I will be posting songs today* but, as you can see below, Don’s post is up as well as the usual morning posts. Anyway, I hope you are enjoying your day and I will see you next time❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
* Still struggling with having my heart in my music or trying to record without crying, Annette appreciated and loved music so much, and I’m still missing her so very much. But I’m working on it.
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🎉 🎈 🎁 💝 🎂 🥳 🎊 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DON 🎉 🎈 🎁 💝 🎂 🥳 🎊
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June 13, 2026 @ 16:51 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I hope your weekend is off to a good start. It has been a busy day for me so far, I’m hoping to sit for a few minutes, though I’m pretty hungry so will probably start supper first. I also have to finish setting up the #PoiBoiz’ cages as they got their spring cleaning today outside and pretty much all I have back in them so far are perches, food, and water. I will work on them through the week too though, while I manage the mounds of laundry that I have, once again, let pile up as high as my shoulders. Anyway, I will see you tomorrow, enjoy the rest of your day❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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🎉 🎈 🎁 💝 🎂 🥳 🎊 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GWEN 🎉 🎈 🎁 💝 🎂 🥳 🎊
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June 12, 2026 @ 12:19 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Very pleasant day today, upper 70s, breezy, sunny; we have the house opened up. I don’t think the severe weather last night reached our area but so many places – in Michigan and other states – were hit pretty hard. I was watching my Ventusky weather app and it was just about as colorful in the upper midwest as I’ve ever seen it. Today no plans other than to go out for fish dinner to the same place we went last Friday, which is a little family-owned place that we “discovered”, tried, and loved. So I guess we’ll get back to our former habit of Friday Fish Dinner Dates, as we have in the past. Do have all of my posts and updates done for the day with links below as usual so unless something else comes up I want to share I will see you tomorrow. Have a fantastic Friday and start your weekend well❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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June 11, 2026 @ 17:54 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ It was another hot one, up to 90°F and bright sun. We had terrific strong storms last night, and are being told that tonight’s storms will be worse; we’ll see. But the temps will drop a bit for tomorrow. It was one year ago today that I had the accident that resulted in my TBI. What awful effects it has caused over the last year! But now I’m recovering thanks to the wonderful therapists at the Lighthouse Neurological Rehabilitation Treatment Center! The first day I went there and they told me what I’d be able to do when working with them I was rolling my eyes. Not possible. But now here I am, and they like to tease me about that :). Am I just like I was before? No…but getting close, and have the tools that I need – and am using – to get there. Anyway. Grandkids were here today at various times, which is always a good time. We’re seeing them a lot more since school got out a week ago. And that’s all I’ve got for today but I will see you tomorrow❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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A LIFE UPDATE:
June 10, 2026 @ 12:55 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ This week I am working (and yes, it is work) on regaining control of my emotions and my daily activities. I don’t know which needs to come first – ie, if my feelings are under control my daily life will follow, or the other way around – so I’m doing both, as well as I can. I am progressing well enough in my therapies that yesterday was my last speech therapy and that is such a positive thing that it is a good place to start. In addition, some of my goals are being met (able to, and starting to enjoy again, gardening, cooking, playing my keyboard, and even picking up my ukuleles) and it’s only been a year tomorrow since my TBI occurred. I’ve had a huge setback with the loss of my precious, beautiful, and much beloved friend Annette, and taking time to grieve. What I’m still in that process, and miss her more than words can say, I do take comfort in the fact that she is exactly where she has been longing to be, in the arms of the Lord she loves so much! We have had many discussions about it and I’m fully aware of that, which is the most comforting thing to me as the Spirit continues to heal my heart. So still a lot of work to day BUT it is progress and I’m not feeling quite as lost, sad, and helpless as the last year has been.
I plan to work again on my meme galleries and other blog postings that have become part of what I have done here over the last 6 years. I will also start doing things a little differently, as in changing the format a bit, but that will be happening over time.
Anyway enjoy your day and I will see you next time❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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a few pictures from this morning…click to open…
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June 9, 2026 @ 18:49 Good evening family & friends❣️ Just a quick update today, it was therapy day so I was gone most of it, and asleep for the rest. I just got up and started my supper (roast pork with zucchini). We had a lot of rain earlier according to Pete, so I won’t have to go out and water my garden tonight. It will be an R&R evening after I eat. Still have tons of laundry to do, we will see how the weather goes in the general area of my clothesline outside over the next few days. I guess that’s about it for now, and I will see you tomorrow, have a good night❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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June 8, 2026 @ 11:22 Good morning family & friends❣️ I am sitting here with my now-7YO granddaughter who is keeping me company. We had her birthday dinner yesterday and she is wearing one of the outfits we got her for her birthday and it is adorable. Pete is dozing in his chair. It is sunny and today’s high is 88°F but we have no plans to go anywhere. I will likely start laundry later today, though tomorrow is therapy day and I’ll be gone so can’t keep the up with it, I might wait until Wednesday. This week I also have to call the vet med school at MSU to see what it takes to get Maisie seen down there for a 2nd opinion (my own vet is on board), and I have some paperwork to get to the courthouse yet today (unless I can do it online?) as I’ve been called to register for jury duty. By today. And those are my plans for the day unless something else comes up. But really I want to sleep. I hope that you have a good day❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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June 7, 2026 @ 11:09 Good morning family & friends❣️ It is cool, sunny, and breezy today. The expected high is 73°F and 55°F tonight for a low. Leelan & Luna spent the night last night and Luna has already gone home, while Leelan is at church with Pete. Later today is Luna’s birthday dinner; she chose a Chinese buffet in Saginaw. 5 birthday dinners in less than 2 months in our family in the spring. Once they get home I will take my shower and get dressed (I don’t shower when I’m alone, I’ve smashed my head 3 times in the last 2 days and apparently can no longer be left to my own devices 🤕😵😣). Anyway I think I will go play my keyboard before the guys get home, and I will see you tomorrow. Have a good day❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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June 6, 2026 @ 11:11 (yeah, seriously!) Good morning family & friends❣️ Well first of all I see that I forgot to share one of Don’s guest posts on Thursday. While that surprises me, it shouldn’t; my mind has been everywhere except where it should be lately, while my heart has been bogged down with incredible sadness. Neither of which are common for me and I am not handling them well. However, I thought I would log in and do what I can do. While I’m not feeling humorous meme galleries at the moment, and don’t care much about keeping track of what I’m eating, I decided I would at least try to start doing Ain’t That The Truth and Daily Video updates again, whether I’m feeling it or not. Thinking of stripping my site down to bare bones this month as well to make it simpler (especially on mobile devices) and more clean. I will see how that progresses. And lastly I will go back to doing a daily update here most days. Just kind of pushing myself back into life, a step or two at a time. Anyway, enjoy your day and I will see you tomorrow❣️😑🐕🦺🙏🌱🎹✝️
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June 3, 2026 @ 15:45 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Listen, I’m not going to pretend any different: I’m going through some stuff. I’m needing some time to work through it, ok? For me, that looks like time in the Word and prayer and quiet time and music, talking with the people closest to me (now one less)…and, for some of it, just figuring it out. When the enemy hits, he hits hard. This time, with multiple barrels. I’ll do what I can, when I can. Thanks for understanding.
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June 1, 2026 @ 19:52 Good evening family & friends❣️ I worked on this blog most of the day after I got up and took care of some business with our bank, then got the grands off the bus, and took them home a couple of hours later. Pete made our supper while i was gone so we ate together when I got back. Now I’m just finishing up so I can go to bed early as I have my therapies tomorrow. There is stuff going on every day lately…wearin’ me out! (Maisie is wagging her tail against a plastic tablecloth and I said, “Is that you waggin’ your tail, Maisie??” Maxwell said, “Look at that!” hehehe) So I’m going to go and finish up evening stuff and will see you tomorrow, though it probably won’t be early. Good night, sleep well❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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May 31, 2026 @ 19:57 Good evening family & friends❣️ My heart has been so heavy this weekend, and hard to get through. That’s what grief is about though. I won’t drop it onto you here, though I may do a post when I can as it a human experience we all share. Not an easy one, I have been reminded over the last couple of days. I did enjoy time with my family at Lyra’s 12th birthday dinner (though her birthday isn’t until Tuesday); being with family is always a good thing. We ate at the Mongolian Grill in Midland, which we used to frequent quite often in years past. I will likely go to bed shortly, though I have no idea what’s on the schedule for tomorrow; may just watch TV which isn’t something I often do. And then I will see you tomorrow…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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May 30, 2026 @ 10:43 I will not be blogging today, but will see you tomorrow.
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May 29, 2026 @ 21:11 Good evening family & friends❣️ A very sad evening for me, but a glorious one for a much-beloved friend as she is now with Jesus. This has been her goal, and over the years we have talked much about this subject. She loves Him so much and has been anxious to see His face and walk those streets of gold for a long time. Now she’s there, and I know that I will join her when it is my own time. Until then, Annette, I will miss you more than you can know…
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May 29, 2026 @ 17:37 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Beautiful sunny day, it’s been in the mid-80s but cooling off now. Just got my new glasses to replace the ones that broke, they are quite different from any I’ve had before, as you can see to the right (on my site). Anyway after sleeping for 15 hours well into this afternoon I got up in time just for the grands to get off the bus. Once they went home I went to pick up my glasses and now here I am to to today’s blog stuff before I will, most likely go back to bed. So I’ll be back when I finish, to say goodnight but for now, enjoy the rest of your day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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May 28, 2026 @ 20:38 Good evening family & friends❣️ Crazy busy day today, didn’t accomplish everything we wanted to do, ran out of time before J&E had to leave. The garden got planted, plus some flowers, so there’s that and I’m thrilled since we got such a late start last year due to my accident. This year we planted at a good time and I am very happy about it. I will be sharing photos and videos of course. For now I’m going to have something to eat and then to rest my head and hopefully sleep until morning. No plans for tomorrow other than starting the next round of laundry and working on the music for Sunday Selections. So I guess I will see you then, sleep well, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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May 28, 2026 @ 11:50 Good morning family & friends❣️ Bright sunny day with a high of 64°F expected. J&E expected any time. Today is planting day – woohoo! A trip to pick up flowers and vegetables and more planting soil, some seeds and some plants, little pots of flowers I can raise…also doing some trimming of the bushes and a special project! So first will be shopping, then comes the fun part, really excited to get started so I can work on them and get them growing…other than that, nothing going on…as if that wasn’t enough. I have been way too busy the last few days and it’s been affecting me pretty heavily 🤕😵😣. BUT my physical therapist is working on that, on building up my tolerance to the extreme sensitivities/pain. I think the therapy is going well and is definitely worth the hour-long drive each week, and both of the therapists say that I’m progressing well. So that’s is a praiseworthy report for sure! It IS hard work, but am seeing the payoff. Anyway I’ve got a few things to do before J&E get here so I’ll get busy, and I will get Don’s Guest Post, if nothing else, and the “morning 3” done later. Have a great day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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May 27, 2026 @ 22:36 Good evening family & friends❣️ Well it was another day today…I got up early because I had to solve an issue with the fraud dept of our bank, and/or the company that I had issues with. This took several hours – 3 to be exact – before everything was resolved to my satisfaction. The company is a small business and the owner was extremely helpful and respectful. If I need that sort of service again I will go back to him. Anyway, during that time I worked on the blog and had something to eat, then Pete and I drove up to Pinconning to do some shopping. We went to the butcher up there and also their supermarket which I like better than the big chain stores down here. Once we got home and got everything put away we had supper, then Zoey came by to finish up something, and after that I spent the next 2½ hours on the Wed. Worship post. Now I will take care of my PoiBoiz and then I can finally go to bed. This is late for me, but another busy day tomorrow so hoping I fall asleep fast. I hope you also had a productive day…good night, I will see you tomorrow❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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May 26, 2026 @ 19:50 Good evening family & friends❣️ As expected, it’s been a day! Gone until mid-afternoon with my speech and physical therapies (plus an hour’s drive each way)…got home and had something to eat, then my nap…when I got up I worked on the blog and now I’ve finished that I will shut down for the night. Zoey and her dad just got here to mow the lawn, for some reason our dandelions, with their fuzzy tops, are much longer than all of the neighbors’. But they’re goin’ down now! It was in the mid 80s today but didn’t feel too awfully hot, we’re expecting the same tomorrow. Anyway, going to finish up here and work on tomorrow’s music, I hope you are having a good week so far….good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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May 25, 2026 @ 18:47 Good evening family & friends❣️ Well golly, it was just about 2 minutes ago that I discovered my Latest Posts link wasn’t working! I wonder when that happened?? However, those links are going to be along the left sidebar when I get a chance – and the ability – to do it. So I would have found it out eventually. Got the Picture Day post up, ate, fell asleep in my chair, and am now making dog food. Looking forward to bed tonight (what else is new?), have therapies tomorrow and Casey is taking me. It went very well last week and am hoping for the same tomorrow. Got the PoiBoiz’ toiz ordered, a big box of ’em, that’s always fun for the boiz and I to open up and go through! Anyway, I hope your Memorial Day was meaningful…I will see you tomorrow❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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May 25, 2026 @ 15:33 (!) Good afternoon family & friends❣️ It is a bright and sunny day outside, expected high of 80°F (by the end of the week we’ll be back down into the low 50s). Planning to put up some photos from Casey’s birthday dinner, just put out the call to the family chat group for any additional pictures anyone may want to share. Other than that I don’t want to do much else except play my T5, I’m not even halfway through the first of my 3 “new” hymnals yet but I’m thinking I might crack into another today just for fun. I’ve been having fun with the PoiBoiz for the last couple of hours, and took the time to make some more toiz for them while I was cleaning their cages. It is time to order more toy parts; I had gotten $100 worth about 6 months ago and they’ve lasted this long, very impressed with this business I used for the first time, and planning to go back there. Anyway, getting hungry and I’ve got leftovers calling my name. I plan to do a Picture Day post today, so I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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May 24, 2026 @ 21:46 Good evening family & friends❣️ My day was about as expected. Went to Jack’s Meat & Produce, got some onions, tomatoes, zucchinis, and a cabbage. Pete picked up some smelt and some shrimp for himself. I got a loaf of keto sourdough bread. And we saw some beautiful chuck steaks in the meat case so got a couple of those which Pete cooked on the Blackstone. They were melt-in-your-mouth tender, and extremely flavorful. And huge. So we each have half left over for tomorrow. I spent the rest of the day on music and Don’s post, then fed the dogs and PoiBoiz, and will be going to bed shortly. It was a nice quiet day, we are planning the same for tomorrow. I hope you are enjoying your weekend, see you in the morning❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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May 24, 2026 @ 11:32 Good morning family & friends❣️ Another chilly gray day with rain expected this afternoon but I hear the birds chirping in the tree that’s just outside the front door, and the PoiBoiz are out playing and flying around – mostly back and forth to come and see me – and enjoying their morning because they don’t care about the weather outside. And neither do I, really, although I do want to go to the local meat/produce market later as we are out of tomatoes, zucchini, and onions, when Pete returns from church. Other than that, and the blog stuff, no plans. So I’ll get busy here and will see you later – have a lovely day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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🎉 🎈 🎁 💝 🎂 🥳 🎊 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CASEY 🎉 🎈 🎁 💝 🎂 🥳 🎊
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May 23, 2026 @ 22:56 Good evening family & friends❣️ Definitely a busy day, as expected. Gray, drizzly, windy, and chilly (low-mid 50s) too. Zoey came and did her usual great job combing out Maisie (if anybody needs enough fur to cover a large bald dog, hit me up!) and then cleaning. As soon as she was done we left for Saginaw and did some errands, including picking up the gift cards – since we have NO idea what she wants or needs anymore – for Casey. We got multiple ones so she can split them up, use one online and one in a store, or whatever. Then we browsed around a couple of the stores down there since we had the time. I hadn’t been into a Barnes & Noble in YEARS, and was happy to see it packed with all kinds of people, especially kids and families; that was lovely! Then we went to a FiveBelow which isn’t a store we have been in much lately. In the past we’ve taken the grands into them to shop for their parents or siblings on special occasions. Interesting to see little 35mm cameras and 10-shot rolls of film in there. Only one bored worker standing up at the bank of self-serve check-outs. But the store was busy so that was good. After that we went to the restaurant and had a little wait in the parking lot for the birthday girl and her family to get there, then had a fantastic dinner. Got a huge seafood boil in which most of us partook; it provided the full meals for most, and some sides for those of us who got our own meals. (I got a crab roll, Pete got a catfish basket, Leelan got a super-spicy single boil of his own.) I will have pictures to share Monday. Anyway, we got home, I sat down and reached for my laptop, and my next connection with reality was a couple of hours later when I was waking up with my neck kinked and stiff. Oy. But I’ve now taken care of the PoiBoiz for the night and will be on my way to bed as soon as I finish here. I hope you have had a lovely day as well, and I will see you tomorrow. Good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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May 23, 2026 @10:17 Good morning family & friends❣️ Today is going to be a really busy day so I will probably only have time to update the morning 3, and will try to report back when we get home this evening. Hoping Zoey can come early today so we can get to Saginaw and do some needful things before Casey’s birthday dinner. Her restaurant choice is The Tangy Crab (link goes to their Lansing location; the Saginaw location doesn’t have its own site), which is a family favorite. So I’m going to get busy while I finish my morning tea, and will see you later…enjoy your day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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May 22, 2026 @ 18:15 Good evening family & friends❣️ Yup, busy day, as expected! J&E were here all afternoon, and, as usual, got a LOT accomplished – I can’t even list it all in my head! Leelan got off the bus at his usual time and was here for a couple of hours before he started his evening work shift. After everybody left I did today’s Foodie Friday meme post, and the morning 3, made dog food, and now have my dinner in the oven. Tomorrow will be a busy day too. We’re not big fans of holiday weekends, where many people tend to congregate. Bay City is, of course, on the bay where it opens up into Lake Huron, and has one of the largest and most beautiful state parks in the state. Add to that it’s only about 90 minutes from the Detroit area yet has that Michigan “up north” feel, and it’s quite popular. So we tend to stay home as much as we can. We will have to go out for a while tomorrow though so we’ll just grin’n’bear it! Anyway, my supper is about done, I’m ready to put my feet up and eat, so I will see you tomorrow. Enjoy your evening, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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May 22, 2026 @ 11:32 Good morning family & friends❣️ Just sitting here waiting for J&E to get here, have plenty to do this week (and next, if they want to come back!)…plus what Zoey and Gregg do every week, and of course Bill/Casey/grands – thankful for all the help we have. Sunny and breezy right now, expected high in the mid-60’s. It’s getting to be that time for spring cleaning and for yard work! Anyway, Emma’s phone and my phone don’t always communicate too well, and I didn’t do a “tech check” this week so a message got missed somewhere…BUT I was, of course, delighted when her text came through that they were coming today! (How many years have they been helping us now? I can’t recall…) Anyway, I will work on the “morning 3” until they come, then I’ll be gone until – probably – this evening. So enjoy your day and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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May 21, 2026 @ 18:52 Good evening family & friends❣️ I hope you are enjoying your Friday Jr.! Today’s been kinda crazy here…woke up to the front door slamming, apparently it wouldn’t stay closed and Pete was working on it. It took him a couple of hours to get it fixed, having to use one of knobs/locks from the back door, then make the back door work. It works now but we have to slam it REALLY hard to make it stay shut. It would be a nightmare if it opened while the Poiboiz were out! Then I put my glasses on my face and one of the lenses fell out. It wasn’t a screw situation, the frame was actually broken, so I had to go to the store and choose another frame since my old one is no longer made. It is a good thing I have 2 pair, though it is unfortunate that the broken one is my main pair, the expensive one with all the bells and whistles on it. Then I finally started work on the blog but stopped to eat at about 15:30…after which I am finishing up here and more than ready for bed! No plans again tomorrow but there are a few things that I could get done if I want to. At any rate I will see you then…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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May 20, 2026 @ 22:52 Good evening family & friends❣️SURPRISE! After being gone for 6 hours of my day, and my post riding/driving/therapies nap, I just have had time to get one post up today. I decided on Wednesday Worship because I missed it last week. We have no plans – as of this minute at least, for the next 2 days, though Saturday will be busy. Pete went to Leelan’s Awards program this morning before taking me to the rehab center while Casey was with Lyra down in Ann Arbor; Lyra’s surgery went well and she is “resting comfortably” as they say. So it was a busy day all around. I’m about to get the PoiBoiz’ dishes filled (they’re already asleep) before going to bed. And I guess I will see you tomorrow! Sleep well❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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May 20, 2026 09:50 Good morning family & friends❣️ You know how sometimes on a certain date you know it has significance, and try to remember whose birthday or anniversary it is, or – heaven forbid – if you forgot to put an important appointment on your calendar? Well that was how I was feeling yesterday. All day. Just nagging me. This morning I finally remembered: I forgot to celebrate Maisie’s Gotcha Day! May 19, 2018. I have to get ready for therapy but hopefully I will be able to write a little more about that (than I already have since I started this site in 2020). In the meantime, https://chia.owly.net/gotcha-day/ was her first Gotcha Day post that has some pictures and a brief story about how she came to be my assistance dog. And I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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May 19, 2026 @ 21:02 Good evening family & friends❣️ I hope your Tuesday went well! It was hot here and I stayed behind closed doors, trying to have a restful day. As a result there isn’t much to report. Just about to take care of my PoiBoiz and go to bed. You likely won’t see me until later on in the day tomorrow…sleep well, and enjoy your Wednesday❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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May 19, 2026 @ 13:33 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Another hot one here today, 85°F expected. But down into the 40s tonight, then highs in the 50s and low 60s for a while which will be nice.
A couple of things: first about Maisie: the recurring respiratory issues come from her pneumonia in 2020. The coughing causes inflammation, the inflammation causes coughing, in brief; chronic bronchitis is what it is like but a lavage is recommended to rule out something else seen on the radiograph. Then some changes in her nose call for a CT scan or endoscopy for diagnosis. Pete and I are discussing this. “Something” is going on in her nose though.
Second, you may have noticed a pattern developing here. Lately I’ve been trying to get everything done – posts and an update – early in the day; sometimes I don’t come back to finish. Just need to accommodate 🤕😵😣 levels some days is all 🤷♀️…not slackin’.
I was hoping to go up the meat market in Pinconning but as the day wears on there is less and less chance of that happening. So I think I will record tomorrow’s music since I’ll be gone all day (therapy day) at the very least. The thing I need the most is Maisie’s meat but I think I have enough in the freezer that I can use for a few more days. Bought it for me when it was on sale but she will enjoy it just as much as I would! Have a good day and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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May 18, 2026 @ 16:02 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I hope that your week is off with a BOOM (if you saw today’s Video of the Day you’ll get it). It’s been hot today, we just got our fan down from the attic. The grands are here, they come to visit Monday & Friday after school, we just snacked ’em to hold them over until dinner at home, with macaroni & cheese, which is their favorite snack. Pete will be taking them home shortly and I will be sticking my dinner in the AFO; he ate (lamb chops and hash browns) with the kids. We’ve been talking about Casey’s birthday dinner coming up on Saturday, going over the online menu, and figuring out what sounds good. It’s getting really dark out now, we’re under a severe thunderstorm watch which just kicked up, in a split second a massive wind that is bending over all the trees in the neighborhood and the rain started. Golly. This is a big one! So I guess I’ll go turn on Michigan Storm Chasers . (BTW, I did get Maisie’s results and talked to her vet for quite a while today, I’m still trying to absorb it, and will share tomorrow.) I’ll see you in the morning❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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May 17, 2026 @ 20:48 Good evening family & friends❣️ The weekend is over. We have no plans – except watching the anticipated rain fall – for the next 2 days. This makes me happy. I have enjoyed my time with the grands immensely, in spite of my painful limitations, from which it is now time to recover. Speaking of rain we had a heck of a storm a few hours ago with tons of lightning and continuous loud roaring thunder that went on continuously for many minutes – like 15+. Pete and I have never heard anything like it before. But within the hour the sun was back out, though the temperature had dropped by about 20°F. Our crazy roller coaster spring weather will continue this week from what I’ve seen. Yippee. My beloved Pete is taking care of the PoiBoiz right now so I will probably be in bed within minutes, and will see you tomorrow. I hope you had a great weekend…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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May 16, 2026 @ 22:36 Good evening family & friends❣️ It has been a busy, hot, and bright day! The girls and I went to Hobby Lobby for some craft kits, then I took them for a late lunch/early dinner (carry-out) which we took to a nearby park and playground. We spent probably close to a couple of hours there while they ate, and then played. Once we got home I crashed and woke up 4 hours later…we all just hung out and visited until bedtime. Now I’m in the bedroom with my laptop to say good night to you. I hope that your weekend is going well and is all that you had wanted it to bed! I will see you tomorrow, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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May 16, 2026 @11:20 (!) Good morning family & friends❣️ And happy weekending! We have our grands here for the weekend, always a fun time. The 17YO is at work, the almost-12-YO is still in bed (but awake, as has been reported by her little sister), and the almost 7YO is wandering aimlessly about the house. Last night I introduced her to Pinterest and she claims it is better than Amazon. I made her a (private) board, and she’s already getting it loaded it up with hundreds of pins that appeal to her on one lever or another; her first words to me when I emerged from the bedroom this morning were, “Ugma can I get on Pinterest?” I told her she had to wait until I was done with my morning blogging – which I almost am – so she’ll be happy about that. And then we’ll see how the rest of the day goes. Enjoy your Saturday❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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May 15, 2026 @ 12:59 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Well I did it again, to bed at 19:30, up at 12:30…never got a chance to finish up yesterday, so I’m giving up on Wed/Thurs and will just shoot for today – except Don’s Guest Post because that is so popular and I don’t want to be lynched by his readers. I will do that first, before the kids – who will be staying the weekend I think – get here. So I will get busy with that, and the morning 3, and will go from there…see you later…if all goes well…enjoy your day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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May 14, 2026 @ 12:11 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I apologize for my absence the last couple of days…sometimes I can only do what I can do, per the dictates of my 🧠. And sometimes I have to push even further no matter what. But after 17 hours of sleep at least I am up, if not at ’em, and hoping to get caught up from yesterday, plus Don’s guest post today. I appreciate your understanding. Sometimes just getting through the day is a happy occasion to celebrate🎉. I will see you later, I hope you have a great day today❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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May 12, 2026 @ 14:06 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ It’s been a long day already, having had Maisie at the vet before 07:00. She is home now. Radiographs were taken and will be sent out to a radiologist to be read, Dr. S. looked up her nose, and recommends a CT scan or an endoscopic exam, so that will be the next thing we’ll have to do, they don’t to them at our vet’s but I’m sure she’ll give a recommendation when the time comes. Meanwhile the technician told me that the radiology results should be back in about 3 days. Because – well, Maisie – I only got a few hours of sleep last night, so I’m going to go take a nap with my gurl for a while now. She is so glad to be home, and when she came in the door ahead of us, Chuy was jumping all over her, much more excited to see her than to see us hahaha! (You’d never know how sick Chuy was just a few weeks ago now!) Anyway, I’ve posted everything I planned to post today, I will come back if I have anything else to share, otherwise I will see you sometime tomorrow, probably later in the day since my therapy sessions start early in the morning and the rehab center is an hour away and I’m usually gone half a day and then require some sleep afterward. (Don’t you just hate when life gets in the way of blogging???) Have a great day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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May 11, 2026 @ 21:00 (seriously?!?) Good evening family and friends❣️ Not much to report tonight as I slept a lot today, even when the grands were here. Rough day. But sunny outside! I didn’t accomplish much. Maybe nothing. I don’t remember. Didn’t get picture day done because I didn’t have enough to post, and couldn’t manage to get out in the bright sun today to take more. Anyway, I will have to get up very early to get Maisie to the vet at 7:50, I’m struggling with the idea of being away from her all day but we really have to find out what’s going on with her…I’m going to bed now and will see you tomorrow, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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May 11, 2026 @ 11:00 (!) Good morning family & friends❣️ Happy Monday to all who celebrate! Another chilly day here with an expected high of 54°F though the sun is bright. Won’t worry much about food since we have leftovers from yesterday. Will be doing a Picture Day later as well. With my 🤕😵😣 🧠 however I’m taking a day of rest. This morning Maisie’s bone got a long sharp shard broked off when she was chewing it; that’s never happened before with these kinds of bones which she’s been chewing for years. We had to throw it away when it happened a second time within a few minutes so she’s pretty sad about that. Not sure what I can give her to chew on now, although like it was just a defect in this one since it’s the first time. I’d also like to see if I can record my Wed. worship song since I have my therapies on Wed and that’s half my day gone. OH! Also I am going to order a new hymnal today. I’m still working through the first of the latest 3 I bought, but this new out is Southern Gospel hymns, 573 of ’em, old AND NEW! Published in 2020. So I need to add that one to my collection. And start having some fun with the Sunday Selections and Wed Worship posts. I think that’s it for now, I’m going to make myself some toast with the keto bread I made yesterday, I absolutely LOVE toast, but rarely have it; now that I have the bread for it I will enjoy some. Have a great day, I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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May 10, 2026 @ 22:46 Good evening family & friends❣️ I hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day if appropriate – and a wonderful Sunday either way! We had a lovely time here, no pictures taken but wonderful gifts exchanged and lots of food consumed, along with, of course, great conversation and fun! Afterward of course I slept for a couple of hours, then got up and got Don’s guest post up, and got my Sunday Selections recorded and posted. And that was the whole day, I will take a couple of photos of my gifts tomorrow to share but probably won’t do much else 🙂 Sleep well tonight and I will see in the morning…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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May 10,2026 @ 11:22 (!) Good morning family & friends❣️ Bright sunny Mother’s Day morning here, expected high of 56°F. Still getting things ready for today but did get the “morning 3” done at least. I’m about to get the rest of the food made which won’t take long, then when Pete gets home from church I can get a shower (there are certain risky things I don’t do when I’m alone) and get dressed for the day. I think that’s it for now, and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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May 9, 2026 @ 13:01 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I’ve had an active day so far, working on laundry and the music for tomorrow, clipping Maisie’s toenails, and I got everything done for the blog today because I have a LOT to do to get ready for tomorrow and I may not be able to get back here again. Some of the food will be keto versions for some of us, the rest will be “normal” burgers’n’dogs/chili hot dog sauce/buns, chips, crispy green bean fries, cookies. For those among us who want keto it will be burgers’n’dogs/chili hot dog sauce, crispy green bean fries, cheesy pickle chips/dip, fathead rolls, and raspberry fluff (probably keto cookies too, they’re quick and easy). I also have some tortillas if someone wants to get fancy with their burgers or dogs. Anyway, I’ll be working on things for tomorrow, the music and the dinner mainly. Enjoy your Saturday, have a great day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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May 8, 2026 @ 20:30 (!) Good evening family & friends❣️ We had a lovely perch dinner at the Beaver Pub, sitting at an outside table in the brilliant sun (I had my back to it) and warm breeze. At the next table was a young couple with their stunning brindle greyhound, who loved being petted. It was a good ending to the day after spending time with the grands and Pete’s sister. We have both enjoyed this week of acting out our foodie fantasies with Chinese, Mexican, terrific burgers, and seafood but are more than ready to settle back into our own home cooking and grilling which is really what we both love best. In fact we’ll be doing Mother’s Day here on Sunday and I’m looking forward to it! Anyway I will be going to bed shortly so I’ll see you in the morning, I hope you are enjoying your weekend as much as I am. Good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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May 8, 2026 @ 12:36 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Well golly, it’s gonna be a fun day! First it is the last day of my birthday week, which we started celebrating last Saturday because everyone is worth at least a week, right? When I woke up Lyra was here, she hadn’t been feeling well to Pete went and picked her up from school and she was sleeping in her room. I started the next load of laundry going before getting dressed when Pete came in and told me 2 of his sister were going to be in town and would be stopping by. So I cleaned the bathroom and made our bed and picked up in there; Pete already had the living room and kitchen handled, and was putting laundry on the line. The other 2 kids will be here after school, and after they go home Pete & I will be going out for a fish dinner as our final meal out this week. So until the next thing happens I will be working on the blog, and we’ll see how much I can get done! BUT FIRST I want to go out and check my plantings. And grab a few photos. And I will see you later. Happy Friday❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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May 7, 2026 @ 19:34 Good evening family & friends❣️ I hope you’ve been having a good day! As much as I’m enjoying it, I will be happy when my “birthday week” is over! Today after we took the dogs to the vet we ran some errands, and then stopped at the “new” (to us) burger place on the way home; those burgers we had on the river the other night were phenomenal, and knowing that after this week I won’t be giving myself the same dietary latitude I am now, it was a no-brainer to “test” then again :). Besides, it’s up near where the “errands” are, like Walmart. Of course by the time we got home I was crashing so spent the afternoon sleeping…
About the dogs: Chuy will have a course of antibiotics every 2 months because now that he’s got both seizure and a heart condition they don’t feel they can safely clean his teeth anymore. And his gums are showing signs of infection. So the antibiotics will help with that, and related pain, for as long as possible. She thinks that the phenobarb wasn’t a good fit for him and that’s why he almost died last month; so he won’t be on that anymore. And that’s it for him. As for Maisie, she has an appointment for sedation and chest XRays the 12th. It’s time to find out what’s going on with this cough that comes back every few months (or weeks) since she had pneumonia in 2020. Also, last year in June I noticed that her left nostil looked strange, like there was a lump or something that I couldn’t quite make out inside. But I talked myself out of it, told myself I was looking for problems where none existed. Today Dr S told me that Maisie’s left nostril looked different from the right one. So though she will recommend Maisie be scoped, her assistant assured me that the vet would have a look-see while Maisie is sleeping to check things out as much as she can.
I think that’s about it for the day, I will see you tomorrow…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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May 7, 2026 @ 08:45 Good morning family & friends❣️ I hear my alarm going off back in the bedroom, though I’ve been up for 2½ hours; just forgot to turn it off. The dogs have an appointment with the vet later, which is good for both. Maisie’s cough is back, but is different this time (and is why I was up so early). Chuy, of course, nearly died a month ago and, though he is acting more “healthy” – for an old man with limited sight and hearing that has near-constant small seizures – since he recovered, we want him to have an exam, and discuss what happened. He is still happy, still loves life, still gets zoomies, etc…he doesn’t act his age and we want him to keep enjoying his life as long as we can! Pete is at his PT appointment. Anyway, I want to finish the last 4-5 loads of laundry after but we’ll see if I can. It’s been a really REALLY busy week, I’ve done more than at any time since the accident and it’s time for a break – at least a nap, maybe hahaha. The sun is bright with an expected high of 52°F and I’m about to go get dressed for the day, so I will see you later. Have a great Friday Eve❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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May 6, 2026 @ 21:38 Good evening family & friends❣️ Well it did turn out to be a busy day, that’s for sure! Had our Mexican lunch, then went to Sam’s Club; we didn’t need too much this month, only spent about half what we usually do. Once we got home I got Wednesday Worship recorded/edited/uploaded, and now here I am, about to tuck in the PoiBoiz and go to bed! I’ll tell you what, this “birthday fortnight” celebrating is going to kill me, I’ll be lucky if I make it a week hahaha! Anyway, I’d better get to bed, the dogs have vet appointments in the morning and I won’t be early to rise if I’m not early to bed, will I. (I’ve already given up on healthy, wealthy, and wise!) See you tomorrow, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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May 6, 2026 @ 12:40 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I hope your week is going well. Ours certainly is, this is the time each year that I allow myself to do/spend/eat/enjoy things for a couple of weeks that the rest of the year I usually wouldn’t. Anyway, I will cut this short so I can go get me a chimichunga and I will see you later…enjoy your day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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May 5, 2026 @ 19:03 Good evening family & friends❣️ Today was kind of a mixed up scrambled day in my head 🤕😵😣 but I got through it in the end. After my therapies – which I was an hour late for – we went to the reStore in that town for the first time and they had a lot of great stuff in there! Pete got me a very nice book about goats, beautiful and adorable goat photos, with quotes…I’ll have to share a couple of them so you can see what I mean. Then we stopped at the market for a few things we needed before coming home and settling in for the evening. I’m just about to eat and then, of course, bedtime. It was a good birthday Day! We will do my birthday date tomorrow because I really like a mexican meal and it’s always too crowded and rowdy for that on May 5/Cinco de Mayo. Anyway, I hope your week is going well so far, and I will see you tomorrow❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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May 5, 2026 @ 09:52 Good morning family & friends❣️ Gray day today which is good since we’ll be doing a lot of driving, where I have my therapies is about an hour away. Pete just got home from his PT also, now we’ll be together the rest of the day. Not planning anything special for today, we had a nice romantic dinner on the river yesterday – just burgers but they were delicious, the weather was perfect, and it was a nice way to spend my birthday eve, and of course the dinner with my family on Saturday was fantastic as always, so I’ve been well-celebrated for the year hahaha! The only plans left are a lunch out tomorrow, and going to see Sheep Detectives when it comes out on the 9th. (I’d “read” the audio book of that story – Three Bags Full – a few years ago.) I’m not sure what or when I will be able to post after therapy today but hoping to be back later…meanwhile have a terrific Tuesday❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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May 4, 2026 @ 19:46 Good evening family & friends❣️ Well, I’ve had absolutely NO time to get online today, so this is what I can put out there today. (And tomorrow won’t be much different.) I worked on laundry today though with the incredibly bright sun hitting the back of the house and the aluminum ramp out the back door, I wasn’t able to function well 🤕😵😣 after the first couple of loads…then the grands came and I was spending time with them, and after we took them home Pete and I stopped for a burger and sat down by the river and ate. Now I’m completely wiped and about to hit the hay because tomorrow is therapy so I guess I will see you in the morning, if I’m up and at ’em before we have to leave. Good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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May 3, 2026 @ 20:16 Well that didn’t take as long as I thought it would! I just finished Don’s guest post along with his digest and index pages of course, and the others, and will be done at the computer for the night now, I hope you had a great weekend and I will see you in the morning, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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May 3, 2026 @ 17:24 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Well, my evening will consist of doing my “morning” 3, Don’s guest post, and Sunday Selections. Because I haven’t been able to do any of them today. So I will get busy, and will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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May 2, 2026 @ 12:48 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I’ve been up long enough to get the “morning 3” done, and have gathered some Caturday memes though they won’t be posted until later this evening as we have a very busy day ahead. Zoey will be here shortly, and later (though my birthday isn’t for a few days yet) we will be doing my birthday dinner with Bill & Casey’s family. I chose Chinese, which doesn’t agree with me anymore. But the family all loves it, there are options there for everyone, and they also have a grill (or one of those very hot flat surfaces), so I don’t have to get anything with breading or sauce or carby stuff off the buffets (unless I want to make myself miserable for the next couple of days 🙄). So I will see you later, enjoy your Saturday❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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May 01, 2026 @ 20:05 Good evening family & friends❣️ My beautiful mother was born on this date in 1936, and has been on my mind all day of course. (I’m sharing some photos of her below, if you’re reading this on my site.) I did get my daily 3 done, and some Friday Foodies memes up, which I had fun choosing so I might do those every Friday for a while. Then the kids got here after school for a couple of hours, they wanted mac’n’cheese for their snack so I made them a box of that…at some point I ate…and at another point soon I will be going to bed. I hope you have started your weekend off with a bang and I will see you tomorrow…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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UPDATED my Health page! [JesusIsLord]
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April 30, 2026 @ 12:03 (!) Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Expected high of 48°F, low of 35°F tonight. Pete has an appointment back in Clare this afternoon, I will be going with him as it is a long drive for him alone. Slept 5 hours after getting home yesterday, then 8½ overnight. Not sure what I will do today or how much I will be awake, but I’ll see you later and then we’ll both know! Have a great day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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April 29, 2026 @ 16:28 I’ve been gone all day with speech therapy and physical therapy, plus an hour in the car each way, and I’m done in and done for 🤕😵😣. There will be no posts today, I am going to bed and will see you tomorrow❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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I LOVE BMackWrites! She is wonderful…so much truth, love the way she can turn a phrase…but this short absolutely cracked me up!
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April 28, 2026 @ 15:57 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ It is a bright and sunny day here, 62°F at the moment, low tonight will be in the 40s. Not complaining, it will be in the 20s for a low in a couple of days. Anyway, been up for about 2½ hours after a 14-hour nap, worked on this site all day, which included some play and cuddle time with my PoiBoiz. Just took today’s meal out of the oven (air fryer oven). Pretty much done for the day, other than working on tomorrow’s worship song since I will be gone much of the day tomorrow. At any rate, today is like most others I guess, I hope yours is going well, and I will see you tomorrow❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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April 27, 2026 @ 12:46 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ It has been a busy day so far, Zoey and her dad came and mowed the lawn and other neighbors also mowed theirs; I’ve been working on this site all day. Got everything done I’m going to do for now here, next thing is deep-cleaning cages, and hoping for some keyboard time after that. Expected high of 72°F today, and low of 45°F tonight; it is bright and sunny out too. The grands will be here after school for a while. A pretty typical day. I probably won’t see you until tomorrow because 🤕😵😣🥴 so have a great day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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April 26, 2026 @ 21:00 Good evening family & friends❣️ Well I worked on my site pretty much all day but got ‘er done. Sundays usually take all day anyway. I also got my photos edited so that tomorrow I can put do a picture day, there are a lot of things going on right now. One of which is me having a dish of yogurt before bed. I get the really creamy kind, then I add some orange flavoring to it and it’s like an orange push-up from when I was a kid. Good stuff. Anyway, I’ve still got to take care of my PoiBoiz before I go to bed so I will keep this short. I hope your weekend was wonderful and that your Monday will be even better…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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April 26, 2026 @14:35 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I’ve been up since 11:18, working on music since I haven’t had a chance this week. I will record, and do all of my other blog stuff as the day goes on. Gorgeous day, expected high of 62°F and sunny; tonight’s low will be 59°F. Stepped outside for a minute and got into a conversation with one of our neighbors, I’ve missed that. Also tried a little sweet bread (unlike a sweetbread) recipe, just pulled it out of the AFO; next time I’m going to put cinnamon in it too, it’s delicious with butter on it. And that’s what’s been going on today, Pete’s with Bill and Casey today, doin’ stuff, Leelan & Lyra are doing their last performance today, and that’s it for now. I’ll probably start our meal soon but in the meantime I will work on the “morning 3” and Don’s guest post. I hope you are having a blessed day in Jesus, and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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April 25, 2026 @ 20:02 (!) Good evening family & friends❣️ I hope your weekend is going well. Had a good day today, intended to get the living room put back into its usual arrangement while Zoey was here, but between the 3 of us we made a few tweaks and we like it even better now! I did get pictures which I will probably put up tomorrow in a post with some others from the last few days. Something interesting: I have mentioned a few times that I can’t read – well, I CAN read, I just can’t read a book since my stroke in 2008. I have attempted to get through 3 audio books over the intervening years, and quite possibly my favorite was called Three Bags Full. In a couple of weeks it is coming out in theaters as The Sheep Detectives. I would love to go see it! Really enjoyed the story! Anyway, it is time for me to take care of the PoiBois and then I might see if I can stay up long enough to play my keyboard for a while. And I will see you tomorrow. Good night and God bless❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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April 25, 2026 @ 12:36 Good morning family & friends❣️ It is Saturday, cloudy, expected high in the 40s, Zoey will be here this afternoon. I woke up recently from my 16-hour nap – after going to bed at 19:00ish – and am a little addled; for example I do remember updating the “morning 3” yesterday but I’m not seeing the updates today. Maybe I’m simply losing my mind 🥴. But today my daffodils are AMAZING! I have been patiently waiting whilst other good folk in my area have had them for weeks, but now I can enjoy mine too. The aliums are growing nicely as well as whatever other bulbs we planted there. I will start taking some photos to share here (on my site). Meanwhile, I have to get dressed and ready for Zoey and will get back to work on things here (if I can stay awake) afterward. See you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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April 24, 2026 @ 09:16 Good morning family & friends❣️ Well golly, seems like one minute it was yesterday afternoon, and the next, it was this morning! The kids went home yesterday evening and I crashed until today. Thought I was basically going to take a nap. Thought wrong. Anyway, no plans for today except time with parrots and husband (not in that order), and a great big burger bowl for my meal. And, of course, whatever I post here. And, most likely, a nap. The house feels so quiet today, I miss the grands, though there are signs of them everywhere, which we’ve been picking up (just little things, they’re not messy kids), and tomorrow Zoey will help me put the living room back to its usual arrangement I’m sure. The PoiBoiz will be coming out in a few minutes, they haven’t had much “out time” for a few days. And did I mention that I miss the grands? I know that Casey is happy to have her family back together again though, they’re a great, cute family. So I will see you later, enjoy your Friday❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
Thursday, April 23 additions & updates:
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https://chia.owly.net/wednesday-worship-april-22-2026-edition (music) ~
https://chia.owly.net/thrifty-thursday-april-23-2026-edition (memes) ~
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April 23, 2026 @ 12:00 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ It has been a busy day so far. I woke up early (for me, lately) just as Lyra was getting on her bus. Pete left for his PT appointment soon after and I started working on the music for Wed. Worship (a day late). Decided to just start from scratch, had never heard today’s song but really liked the lyrics and the chorus was fun to play so arranged/practiced/recorded that, then got my morning 3 done as well, Don’s guest post, some “Thrifty Thursday” (to inject humor in our day) memes, worked on last night’s dishes (of which there are a ton), then got the music file edited/rendered/posted. Now here I am before I return to the kitchen to finish dishes. Today is the last day the grands will be here, Casey will be picking them up this evening. I’ll probably make some fish sticks and tater tots so they can have something before the 2 oldest go to the theater for opening night of their play, but first I’ll see what time Casey will be coming back into town, if she’s planning on having food for/with them, or what. And that’s that so far. I will sure miss those kids…yes, they’re just a few miles away but it’s been a really fun week with them here. Anyway, I hope you’re enjoying your Friday, Jr. and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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April 22, 2026 @ 19:13 Good evening family & friends❣️ A beautiful day today, sunny and in the 60s. Leelan made us an amazing supper tonight, and Luna helped; he’s really becoming a wiz on the Blackstone! Lyra is exhausted from her grueling schedule and slept right through dinner, poor kid. She’s really wiped out. Their lives will be back to normal soon and I’m sure they’ll all be glad about that! I slept much of the day, having some issues so haven’t been able to get a Wed Worship post up in spite of some extensive attempts, or much else for that matter, but tomorrow is another day…I’ll be going to bed early as well but am enjoying the grands’ last evening with us this week. And then I will be sleeping until May hahaha! I hope you are having a good week and I will see you tomorrow – good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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April 21, 2026 @ 18:21 Good evening family & friends❣️ It has been a very enjoyable day – when I was awake. Slept for a few hours, woke up just before the older grands got off their bus. The youngest’s bus comes about 30 minutes later. Now she’s the only one here while the other 2 are, once again, at dress rehearsal. Luna came up with an idea for supper so “we” did that. She did most of it and told me what to do the rest of the time. She and Umpa had baked stuffed potatoes: halved, baked, hollowed out, “stuffed”, fluffy part added back, with butter, then back in the oven until the tops got crispy. They both enjoyed them, and Luna was very pleased with the result. She had some chicken and ranch dip with hers; Pete had had a massive salad with shrimp earlier. Anyway, I will be going to bed early again so I’m finishing up here, and will be putting the PoiBoiz to bed early. I think I’m really going to miss these kids when they go home… I’ll see you in the morning, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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April 21, 2026 @ 09:40 Good morning family & friends❣️ I’ve been up since about 06:30, after a short (comparatively) nap, spending a little time with the grands before school, and making 3 huge chicken breasts for Maisie’s dog food. (I got to eat the best part – the skin – when it was still hot and crispy for breakfast!) Pete had his PT this morning and will be home any time. I’m about to go take a nap before I come back and work on the site, but I have all of my memes chosen/edited for Tuesday Titters, my cute Video of the Day and mini-devo – which I just have to put together – chosen, and my 3 Ain’t That The Truth memes ready to go. So once I get started, it shouldn’t take long. I hope you are having a good day, I’ll see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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April 20, 2026 @ 20:38 Good evening family & friends❣️ Well we made it through the first day! I did, at least…the older 2 grands aren’t home yet but will be dropped off in a little while; I will already be in bed but Pete will be up. Luna and I had a great time, I made supper for her and Pete (beef short ribs, tater tots, broccoli) – I was still full from lunch – and then I made a bunch of breakfast burritos for the grands to have before school the next couple of days since I likely won’t be up, and she kept me good company. They’ll just have to heat them up or whatever. Earlier today Pete and I went out for lunch – https://www.blossoms-asianbistro.com – somewhere we’d never been and it was delightful! We’d never heard of it before though we drive past it all the time when we’re in that area. Anyway it was a busy day but fun and I’m looking forward to tomorrow! Good night, see you in the morning…or whenever…❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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April 20, 2026 @ 10:54 Good morning family & friends❣️ Bright and sunny outside, will be in the mid-40s today. This will be a busy week with the grands here. It is also opening week for the school play, in which both Leelan and Lyra are involved. So they will be gone most of the time, school all day, at the theater all evening (except Wed.). Little Luna will be at school during the day but with us the rest of the time. We have schedules written down for all 3, Pete is doing transporation and I’m doing meals. It will be a fun week, looking forward to it! Pete has some of his own appointments also but that’s typical. Other than that will be all the usual stuff, with the morning 3 coming first, and I will see you later…have a magnificent Monday❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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April 19, 2026 @ 20:38 Good evening family & friends❣️ Today was steadily busy, most of it working on my site, including the music for it which is always good for a couple of very enjoyable hours :). Casey & Bill and the kids stopped by to drop off the kids’ stuff for the days they’ll be staying here this week. Casey has already sent schedules and all kinds of stuff but I’m glad they are old enough to know what’s what – and when – because I won’t. Today Maxwell let me know in no uncertain terms that he was unhappy about something (I’m guessing how the room is arranged) by flying at the back of my head and giving me a few good bites on the back of my neck and scalp. I close to their corner so I grabbed a perch and ran it down the back of my head so he had to step on it, then wordlessly put him back in his cage. He has never come at me like that in the 25ish years I’ve had him. Once he was in I told him that if he wasn’t going to be nice then he wasn’t going to come back out. (Of course he will, just not until tomorrow.) Anyway, just a reminder: it doesn’t matter how “tame” and lovable and cuddly they are, parrots are still a wild animal. Just sayin’… So I’m going to go get my wild animals 😜 put to bed and will see you guys tomorrow. Sleep well…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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April 19, 2026 @ !5:02 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Golly, imagine my surprise when I woke up and it was after 13:00 today! That was a good dozen hours of sleep…anyway, soon after that Pete got home from church and we’ve been sitting here talking for a while as I drank my coffee. Just fired up the trusty laptop and ready to get to work on my “morning 3″…plus Don’s guest post…Sunday Selections…but maybe not in that order. Sky looks strange today, wierd colors over the bay, but I haven’t checked the weather to see if there will be storms in the area. Not planning to go anywhere at any rate. So I’ll get busy on the morning 3 and will see you later…enjoy your day…or what’s left of it…❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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April 18, 2026 @ 20:01 Good evening family & friends❣️ It has taken me all day to get to this point. Yes, All. Day! But here I am. After being up most of the night with collywobbles I slept until well after noon. Zoey came shortly after and once she was done and left, I made my meal and ate, then started working on my site, as well as catching up on polos and texts; haven’t even looked at my email yet, that’s next. Anyway, it has been a good day just behind schedule is all. So I will leave you to it and see you tomorrow, have a great evening, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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April 17, 2026 @ 19:29 Good evening family & friends❣️ Well J&E came today, we had a great time getting a lot done. They got a lot done, actually. We went to a home store and picked up an edger which we will be using soon, and got some organic seeds to plant in one of the beds outside. Lettuces mostly. And put in a post for Pete to mount my bird feeder cam I got for Christmas and did some other yard work. They rearranged – temporarily – the living room. We really love the way we’ve had it, but the grands will be here most of the week next week. The girls have their room and we wanted Leelan to have a more private spot for himself so we made that happen. I took a video that I will share tomorrow. Have some other stuff to share too about my succulents but that can wait. I need to get to bed soon but wanted to check in. I hope your weekend is off to a great start and I will see you tomorrow…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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April 17, 2026 (aka, my buttermilk’s expiration date) @ 11:59 Good morning family & friends❣️ I just got online and they got here…then J&E got here…grands will be here after school…gonna be a busy day, I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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April 16, 2026 @ 22:18 Good evening family & friends❣️ I did finish up the things here for the site this afternoon, and don’t remember what else I did today, or what occurred, or whatever, but here I am so it’s all good. And I will see you tomorrow, I hope you had a good day, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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April 16, 2026 @ 11:45❣️ Can hardly believe I didn’t post at all yesterday…although I remember why. I worked on my Wednesday Worship all morning, then Casey came for my neurology virtual appointment in the afternoon. After that Pete & I went to Pinconning to the butcher shop and the market up there, I made supper for Pete and I, fell asleep in my chair, and at some point made it in to bed. Just got up at about 11:00 today. Today will be mostly catching up. I plan to record/edit/upload the Wed Worship song and put together/post Wed Wags – both of those a day late obviously – as well as Don’s guest post for today. So I’d better get started. See you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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April 14, 2026 @ 20:30 (!) Good evening family & friends❣️ Well it was a long day but it went well. Had evaluations with both speech therapy and physical therapy, they will meet and make up a plan, goals etc – as I understand it – and then set the therapy sessions up. With the hour-long drive (actually a ride, for me) each way and 2½ hours there, it is tiring but I’m sure I will get used to it. Came home and ate, spent a little while with my PoiBoiz, and now will get to bed. I hope you had a good day, I will see you tomorrow. Sleep well, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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April 14, 2026 @ 11:11 (!) Good morning family & friends❣️ Partly sunny today, expected temps in the low 70s. Will be leaving shortly for my first therapies (physical and speech), about which I wrote in my latest health update. Casey is driving me. No plans other than that except likely a nap when I get home. Chuy is doing well, pretty much back to normal. And I just got a note from Casey that we need to leave early so I will see you later…
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April 13, 2026 @ 11:16 Good morning family & friends❣️ Happy Monday! It is a gray day here, the temp is supposed to reach 73°F, with a 75% chance of rain. I don’t have plans, need to rest today, Luna will be here after school for a while, and has made known that she wants macaroni and cheese for her snack so I will be preparing that at some point. Happy the laundry is done and we can use the shower again, that’s the next place I’ll be after I finish this. I seriously need to chill today and don’t plan to be back online until tomorrow, enjoy your day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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April 12, 2026 @ 19:34 OK, I am done for the day, Don’s guest post is up and Sunday Selections, we are praising God tonight for His hand in a situation with one of Pete’s sisters, so many ways he has answered prayer for her from saving her life to months and months of therapy to getting her back home to Michigan over the last year – or more, hard to remember right now – but when Pete got the call today that she was home we were so thrilled and thankful! Lots prayer been going up for that girl! Anyway I will be going to bed very shortly but will see you tomorrow, sleep well good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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April 12, 2026 @ 18:02 Good evening family & friends❣️ I finished my laundry today, the last 2 loads…ended up being 13 in total. Pete said I should get out so he took me to lunch with him and Leelan. Then I recorded the Sunday Selections. Then I did the morning 3. Now I’m about to edit the songs and create the post, and same with Don’s guest post. I forgot to make Maisie’s dog food today to Pete is doing it. I will be back when I finish the 2 posts I will now be working on❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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April 11, 2026 @ 19:01 Good evening family & friends❣️ Well probably the biggest news is that I made the fish dinner, and the coating fell off a couple of pieces – not sure why as I made them all the same. Then I shallow fried them in an inch of oil on each side and they never browned, but stayed mushy and greasy (at 365°F) and I was approaching despair, and ready to go out to get a fish dinner. But I then put them on a dry baking sheet in a 425°F oven for 10 minutes on each side. They browned. They crisped up (the parts that still had coating anyway). They stayed perfectly flaky and tender inside. And they were delicious! They cost about $45 to make in the end, but we both really enjoyed them…balancing the hassle, the mess in the kitchen, and the cost against the flavor, tenderness, and crunchy coating, I’m not sure how often I will put out the effort when there are great fish places nearby that don’t use seed oils and wouldn’t be any more expensive. Anyway, we are both happy in the end, more or less. We have to go out and pick up a couple of things, I haven’t been out of the house in a few days so Pete is going to drag me along hahaha, and I’m finishing up here for the night. Enjoy your Saturday night and I will see you in the morning❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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April 11, 2026 @ 15:21 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I was up earlier this morning and doing laundry all day; only 2 loads left which I will wait on – probably Monday. I’ve done 11 loads so far. The washer is making a strange noise, we’ve had it 4 years, which is about the same amount of time we had my first one. They’re small portable ones made in China, we used them while we lived in the RVs and it works well in the bathtub of our little house too. Anyway, Zoey is here, she’s washing windows right now, does a great job, and they look wonderful in the sunshine. Anyway I got my morning 3 done, and with the laundry and my experimental dinner that will be all I can manage today, though I also want to do a meme gallery if I can. We want a fish dinner, and every time I’ve tried to fry fish it’s been a massive fail. So I looked up exactly what we would need, went shopping, and have been studying recipes and blogs all week; now tonight is the night that I will give it my best shot. We will do both breaded, and battered, using low carb ingredients. And I will let you know how it turned out the next time I’m here. I hope you are having a nice weekend and I will see you later, tomorrow, or whenever❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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April 10, 2026 @ 20:54 Good evening family & friends❣️ I hope you had a good Friday and your weekend is off to a good start. My day was a scramble in multiple ways, other than spending time with the grands which is always good I am glad it is over. I got a few more loads of laundry done and happy about that, hope I can finish it tomorrow but I still have 5 or so loads left so we’ll see. Update on Chuy: he was happy to see the grands arrive today, wagged his tail when the buses arrived, ate about 2 oz of my chuck beef and at least that much from Pete’s lamb steak! He went so many days without eating that we were doubting he would ever start again. He has perked up quite a bit since eating those few bites yesterday and then all of that meat today. I had a thought yesterday: last week, Thursday I believe, Chuy brought it a dead and dehydrated shrew from the back yard. We aren’t sure if he had been chewing it first, but we were wondering if it had eaten mouse poison or something, and that’s what made Chuy so sick? (Don – if you read this, do you have any input? Is that a reasonable guess?) Anyway, he’s not quite back to his old self but he is cheering and perking up quite a bit starting yesterday, so we are very hopeful! I hope you sleep well and I will see you tomorrow❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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April 9, 2026 @ 13:05 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I’ve been up for a few hours and doing laundry. Now I’m taking a break to do my morning 3 on the blog, and have today’s meal, which is in the oven right now, and check my email, and cancel Chuy’s auto-ship of is heart meds which are very expensive and he’s not taking anyway. The vet’s office called to see how he’s doing, they are really a wonderful place!
16:30 I don’t know what happened, I’ve been doing laundry, ate, and other things – just busy to the point of 🤕😵😣 and suddenly over 3 hours has passed. It is a gorgeous warm day outside, and Chuy even meandered out and laid in the sun for a while! Then he shared my lunch with me (!) and now he’s been sitting out on the front deck watching the goings on in the neighborhood. A few days ago we didn’t even think he would still be with us today, let alone eat or spend time outside! One day at a time… I have to get Don’s guest post up and then I will sign off for the night, I’m done in…but I would say it was a productive day – especially for our little old Chuy❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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April 8, 2026 @ 19:04 Good evening family & friends❣️ Well my day is pretty much done, and it was a busy one. Emma and I worked on repotting my newest succulents, and also packing away a large portion of my winter clothes and bringing out the spring/fall clothes. In a month or 2 the rest of winter clothes will get packed and the summer clothing will come out – most of which will definitely be too big – but for now I have a good mix of clothes to wear in this insane roller coaster of weather we’re having. I also got started on the mounds of laundry I need to do (about 12 loads I would say), made dog food, discussed and planned this year’s garden outside, etc. I am not satisfied with today’s Wed. Worship results but I could do no more. Playing my keyboard has been a bit of a struggle lately but hoping my therapy will help with that somewhat. It did turn out to be a sunny day and even pretty warm, we spent a good part of it outside in the sun which was beautiful. Pete had an interesting experience today: He and Leelan were listening to the ham radio in the car and were tuned to the local repeater, when they started receiving transmissions from Artemis! They were so excited and listened for quite a while. I haven’t seem Pete so excited about something in a long time. I’m including a photo below of my entire succulent collection now that they are all in their new (for now – they will of course be repotted as they grow) pots, some of which have special memories to me. I just love my little babies and talk to them every time I walk past. Anyway, I hope you are having a good week, and I will see you tomorrow, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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April 8, 2026 @ 11:51 Good morning family & friends❣️ I am awake after my 12-hour nap, and ready for the day. J&E will be here shortly. It was supposed to be sunny today but I’m not seein’ it. Yet? Or maybe before I woke up? Several tasks on the list for them/us today, then grands after school later. Also making dog food (beef, turkey, fish, eggs for the most part as always, plus some veg/berries/etc.) for Maisie. Chuy is moving pretty slowly this morning but doesn’t seem to be in pain. He ate a dog treat for me and is still drinking and urinating, and seeking attention now and then…but mostly sleeping. Like a very old man… I have something planned for Wednesday Worship today but, like yesterday, too much going on for me to get to it until later in the day. So I will get started on my “morning 3” and see how much I can get done before J&E arrive, and will see you later! Have a great day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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April 7, 2026 @ 21:06 Good evening family & friends❣️ I hope your day was good. I enjoyed spending time with Luna, one-on-one today, and afterward she told me that she did too, which melted my heart. Pete’s post op appointment went well, everything looks as it should in the ultrasound they did. Casey let me know that I will be starting treatments next week at a neurological treatment place here in Michigan; it’s a bit of a drive but we are all hopeful that it will help my 🧠 to continue its recovery. And Chuy ate some of my short ribs when I hand-fed him tonight. He is still mostly sleeping, weak, not eating…until we shared my supper he’d only had a few bites over the last 4 days but had quite a bit of beef tonight. So a lot of things went on today. I’m about to get my PoiBoiz ready for bed and then I’ll be going as well…and will see you tomorrow. Sleep well and good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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April 7, 2026 @ 11:51 Good morning family & friends❣️ Today is my grandson’s actual 17th birthday, as you can see above, though we celebrated on Sunday. Bright and sunny outside but I think the high is only going to be in the mid 30’s. Doesn’t matter…I will be starting on the mountain of laundry that has accumulated in the past 3 weeks, and will take me the rest of the week to complete I am sure! Pete has his post-op appointment this afternoon, I will be on “grand duty” after they get done with school. And, of course, will be doing the daily updates here on the blog. Those are the plans, hopefully I can get through them all…have a terrific day and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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April 6, 2026 @ 20:44 Good evening family & friends❣️ I hope you had a good day today! I enjoyed the grands being here; they go back to school tomorrow after spring break. We will still see them for a short time after school this week though which is good. I was able to get some updates done and also some photos and short videos from the last few days ready for posting but won’t get them actually posted until tomorrow. I needed a very long nap which didn’t leave me time to do all I needed to do this evening. In other news, Chuy is still with us as the vet couldn’t fit him in today. He has an appointment for tomorrow afternoon but Pete has a post-op appointment at the same time, and I will have the kids with me. He isn’t in pain, and isn’t struggling or suffering most of the time…I’m not sure how long he can go without eating, and he’s drinking very little and staggers and sometimes falls but the big problems he was having on Friday night have eased up a bit and we are not in panic mode anymore. So that’s it here today and I will see you tomorrow, I hope you have a good night, sleep well❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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April 6, 2026 @ 13:20 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ The grands are here today so I will be busy, of course, but will try to update bit by bit through the afternoon, and finish later. It is sunny here today, crazy roller coaster weather expected this week…one day the low temp is going to be a degree higher than the high temp! Anyway, my only plans for today is to get some photos edited and shared, and do today’s 4 updates (Bible study/devo, Daily Video, Ain’t That The Truth, What I Eat). And, of course, spend time with the grands. Leelan is out with Umpa doing an errand, the girls are in their room, and I’m about to put some fish sticks and tater tots in the oven for them, so I will see you later – enjoy your Monday❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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April 5, 2026 @ 21:52 Good evening family & friends❣️ I hope you enjoyed your celebrations today, and your weekend. I did get my Sunday Selections up; however I will freely admit it was a struggle today and any other time I would have not posted them. But for the occasion, I felt I had to, as I won’t get another opportunity to put up the appropriate post for Lord’s resurrection for another year. Tomorrow I plan to get things back to normal here on the blog, though the grands will be here through the day, and I also need to see if I can get Chuy an appointment with the vet. He is very weak tonight, and refusing even salmon. He has no interest in anything at all, and not responding to things he usual does, like being picked up always involves a little struggle but tonight he is remaining all-but limp. I anticipate a busy day and timely I get things done here will reflect that. I hope your week gets off to a good start, and I will see you tomorrow…good night🙇♀️🙏✝️🙏🙇♀️
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April 5, 2026 @ 14:20 Happy Resurrection Sunday❣️ I slept a very long time last night, not getting up until well after noon. Pete was of course at church but got home about an hour later. I couldn’t get Chuy to eat for me but Pete had the brilliant idea to open a can of salmon, and Chuy not only ate some but actually seemed to enjoy it. Similar to Good Friday, my concentration will be on the celebration of Jesus’ empty tomb and all that means to me on my site today. I have Don’s very special guest post linked below for those who haven’t seen it yet. And I will be posting some music later so I will see you after that. I hope that you have a blessed day of celebration!
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April 4, 2026 @ 21:39 Good evening family & friends❣️ I hope that you are enjoying your weekend! First, an update on Chuy: He did perk up a little bit today, and Pete was able to entice him to eat a few bites – enough to get his meds down at least. He mostly sleeps and is still weak when he is up. BUT considering we were both pretty sure he wouldn’t survive the night, it is good to see. We are hoping he is still with us Monday and that the vet can fit him in. He’s not acting, or really looking, like our Chuy…but at least he can stand without falling, and his breathing is normal rather than shallow and uneven. In other news today we went out for Leelan’s birthday, which is the 7th. I’ve been looking forward to this dinner for WEEKS because he chose a Mexican restaurant and I love Mexican food! And the restaurant he chose was FANTASTIC!! Everybody loved their food. I don’t often eat off-plan as I hate risking an inflammatory response, but this one was worth it. Probably the next time I do that will be at my own birthday dinner, coming up in a month. Anyway between Pete & I we got some video and some pictures which I will share at some point before – or on – Leelan’s actual birthday. I did get Don’s Guest Post up for tomorrow, and it is set to “go live” at 7:00 a.m. (Michigan time), and it is beautiful, and I love it so much! So with that I’m going to go to bed and I will see you tomorrow…and remember…Sunday’s coming❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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April 4, 2026 @ 10:50 Good morning family & friends❣️ Torrential downpours here, and we have flooding on top of flooding. It will be a busy day as I mentioned last night, and Pete and I didn’t get nearly enough sleep last night, taking turns sitting up with little Chuy; we are pretty sure that we are losing him. He does not appear to be in pain. He is having some pretty severe seizures, and his heart cough is a lot weaker. Won’t eat anything. He mostly sleeps, and weakly follows Pete around. Pete has spent a lot of time just holding him overnight. We are both hoping we can let him peacefully pass at home…but there is an emergency clinic nearby if he appears be suffering or struggling in any way. Chuy is 12, and has also lost quite a bit of his sight and hearing over the last couple of years. We are both incredibly sad…but have prepared ourselves – as well as we can – that it is coming.
I have to go pick up Zoey in a few minutes, then after she leaves we will have Leelan’s birthday dinner which I am looking forward to, as I do all of our family’s birthday dinners. It won’t be until later that I will have a chance to do any updates to my page, though I planned to leave the graphic/audio above until tomorrow and will only be updating the daily video and truth memes today. So have a good day and I will see you later🙇♀️🙏✝️🙏🙇♀️
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April 3, 2026 @ 22:53 Good evening family & friends❣️ Not much to report today. After finishing what I did here, I ate and then fell asleep, and slept right through the rest of the afternoon and most of the evening. My awake hours were spent in solemn contemplative thought and prayer. I will likely go to bed shortly, after finishing this. Tomorrow Zoey will be coming, and then will be Leelan’s birthday dinner (a few days early due to Resurrection Sunday, and the return to school). We will be spending Sunday quietly celebrating. And that’s about it for me at the moment…I will see you tomorrow❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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April 3, 2026 @ 12:48 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Today being Good Friday, the day we remember Jesus’ crucifixion, my content will all be in accordance with this event. There will be no funnies today, for example. We are not planning to go anywhere or do anything, my heart won’t be anywhere else but with what Jesus did, what He endured, for us. And for me. And that a lot can happen in 3 days🙇♀️🙏✝️🙏🙇♀️
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April 2, 2026 @ 19:24 Good evening family & friends❣️ Well we were up and out of here REALLY early today, Pete’s surgery went well and he’s not in any pain. We came home, had a light meal, and he went to bed. I started working on my site – now that it’s running again – and ended up sleeping in my chair for a couple of hours. Other than that, and eating a 2nd meal later, I’ve been working on this site. There is a lot of stuff messed up, mostly from the troubleshooting I had been doing – disabling/enabling plugsins and losing my settings – and how I’ve been making my page needs to change again anyway. I will likely start working on a version 3 to which I can change over at some point in the future that has the same type of content in a different format. Or, I can just archive and delete a section of this page every few months. Keep it all in the present. I don’t know, still figuring it all out. BUT I have archived and then deleted everything on this page that is before Jan 1, 2026 for now, which I think will buy me a little time.
Anyway, we are dogsitting so have 3 doggos here now, amazing how much our little house shrinks when a 3rd dog nearly Maisie’s size joins the pack! She’s going home tomorrow but she’s a real sweetheart!
If you’ve been with me for a while you know that I take Good Friday very seriously, so won’t be posting anything that isn’t appropriate for the solemnity of the day. But I WILL be posting. So I will see you tomorrow…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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April 1, 2026 @ 19:43 Good evening family & friends❣️ Well it was a long and tiring day but here we are. I got up early to work on this site – specifically this page – before we had to get out and do the things we didn’t get done yesterday in the pouring rain and thunderstorms. Sam’s Club shopping done for another month; we really wanted to get it done last week as it tends to be much busier the first part of the month, but it wasn’t really too bad today. Stopped for lunch at a place I’ve wanted to go to since it opened, then went to Jack’s (butcher/produce), then went to Walmart for the last 2 things on our list that we couldn’t get anywhere else. Which I would have done if there was any way. Once we got home, got everything portioned out, rewrapped, and put away, I made a pot of dog food (today’s is pork chunks, fish, chicken livers, eggs, rolled oats, several kinds of vegetables, blueberries, flax, and bone meal) which is just about done. And so am I hahaha! I will try to get to sleep early tonight, Pete is having a surgery in the morning in Midland so I will have to be up and at ’em before dawn. I likely won’t be online until afterward except maybe to check email on my tablet or something. Anyway, I will do a post about what’s been going on with this page and what changes I will have to make to prevent future problems…but that’s for another day. I hope you are having a great week and I will see you tomorrow – good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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March 29, 2026 @ 19:34 Good evening family & friends❣️ I am happy that I am back and able to post on this page again! Still thinking of “archiving” my 2025 posts and simplifying it again for 2026. But I don’t know, the last thing I need right now is a project haha! And gardening will start up again soon too, as well as therapies; I don’t want to get ahead of myself like I usually do! For now I’m just glad I’m here :). Tomorrow the grands will be here for the day so I’m excited about that, and hoping they’ll go to Ollie’s with me…maybe a thrift store? Pete has a dental appointment in the afternoon so that will give us something to do. I hope you’ve had a good weekend and will be ready for your fresh new week…see you tomorrow, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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March 27, 2026 @ 22:24 Well golly, that was a long nap! Anyway, good evening family & friends❣️ I had thought that, having lain down at 5:30, I would wake up in plenty of time to do a Friday Funnies but, obviously, that didn’t happen. And so now here I am, up to say good night before I go back to bed. To sleep some more. 🙄 Mainly did the morning blog things today, checked my email accounts, checked in with theres.life (really the only social/chat platform I use now), and enjoyed the company of the grands until they left and I went to sleep. So I guess I will see you tomorrow, sleep well, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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My 🧠 read this paragraph as, “Garden of Joy Culinary Academy teaches indolence through cooking classes.”
Probably wouldn’t send my kid THERE!
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March 27, 2026 @ 12:40 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I woke up about 90 minutes ago to bright sunshine and hot water. (When Pete hears me stirring he often heats my tea water for me and covers it so it’s ready to start steeping when I get to the kitchen.) Looks like our high today will be 32°F and clouds moving in later. The grands will be here after school for a while but other than that no plans today. Which is good, I really need a “down” day to regroup. I’m not sure what I will be posting today, meme hunting is fun so of course Friday funnies. My sweet 11YO granddaughter Lyra, after suggesting Saturday Sea Creatures, made me a chart with suggestions for “meme days” covering 5 weeks when I mentioned that I wanted to freshen things up a bit around here. So watch for some more “Lyra fun” coming up! Meanwhile, I guess I will see you later…hope you have a fantastic Friday in the meantime❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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March 26, 2026 @ 20:56 Good evening family & friends❣️ It has been a couple of days. Hoping after a good night’s sleep tonight life will be – well, not like the last 24 hours – again when I get up tomorrow. I just wanted to touch base and let you know that I am alive and will see you tomorrow, God willing. I have no plans – which was the same as yesterday that ended up turning into having plans and that’s where things started getting difficult BUT that was yesterday and tomorrow is tomorrow so I will see you then…sleep well, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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March 25. 2026 @ 18:07 IDK what’s going on – I will not be doing anything else on the blog tonight, and wll be boing to lay own…see you tomorrow.
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March 25, 2026 @ 13:31 (!) Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I hope that you slept well last night – I did. Not making any extra plans today. I think it is supposed to get up into the 60’s today, the sun isn’t out but everything is pink through my FL-41 glasses, which I prefer to call my rose-colored glasses 🙂 Getting antsy to do some gardening now that I have shoots coming up in the front bed, but it isn’t until the end of May in Michigan – from what I understand – that the ground is warm enough for planting. So there’s time yet. Son-in-law Bill is going to start some plants for me, I sent some seeds home with him last week, and I plant to do the same here in my plastic greenhouses by the end of April. Anyway, that’s where my mind is lately. My succulents are doing fine, too, they enjoy being on their shelf by the kitchen window and are growing; growing slowly, but growing nonetheless. So I’m going to go over to my keyboard and get working on today’s Wed. Worship song, and I will see you later. Enjoy your day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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March 24, 2026 @ 19:50 Good evening family & friends❣️ Golly, it has taken me all day to get my updates done and content added! That’s the kind of day it has been though 🤕😵😣😴 and I am thankful it got done at all in the end. Not whining, just sayin’: things have been a bit of a struggle lately, so just doing what I can do, which most days isn’t much 🤷♀️. Other than Zoey coming and doing her work I only made my supper today (and the usual stuff around here) but I will be going to bed shortly, and hoping for a good solid night’s sleep. I hope you’re having a good day so far, and I will see you tomorrow – good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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March 23, 2026 @ 19:51 Good evening family & friends❣️ We have a lovely sunset going on right now! I have been in a daze this evening I think but enjoying the peace and quiet all the while missing the grands. I can barely keep my eyes open though, even after a 4-hour nap today, and am looking forward to bed. So I will go put my PoiBoiz to bed, and then make my way back to my own, and will see you tomorrow…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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March 23, 2026 @ 08:13 Good morning family & friends❣️ It’s a cold one here, 32°F with an expected high of 34°F. I don’t think I’m going anywhere today anywhere though. Had a fun weekend with the grands, and will post pictures later; they’ll be back after school for a while, as they do on Mondays and Fridays. I’ve been up for a couple of hours after a short night’s sleep so will be going back to bed soon; I’d already be there but I know I’ve been neglectful of this site all weekend (as well as social media, which I will catch up with when I can – one thing I’ve learned: not a single platform has ever crashed and burned because I missed a few days!). Zoey will be coming this afternoon so I can’t sleep too long…need a lot of it after our fun-but-tiring-for-this-old-lady weekend. But of course the kids are a delight and we did have a good time. Pete took Leelan and Luna to school this morning, and just got back; Casey picked up Lyra last night for an early doctor’s appointment today. So that’s about it for me for now and I will see you later, I hope your Monday is a magnificent start to your week❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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March 22, 2026 @ 18:21 Good evening family & friends❣️ Well it’s been a good weekend with the grands here, kind of quiet and chill, we didn’t really make any plans to go out and do anything but we did get to spend time together quietly at home. Lyra will be going home this evening, and we’ll drop the other 2 off at school in the morning. Today I did my music for most of the afternoon, and also Don’s Guest post; I didn’t have time with the kids here to do much else today, so I will have to catch up on my usual morning updates and mini-devo/study tomorrow – I just couldn’t get to everything. So I will see you tomorrow at some point, sleep well tonight❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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March 21, 2026 @ 15:15 (! – I couldn’t have planned this, after 20:20 last night!) Good afternoon family and friends❣️ Well today got off to a rough start 🤕😵😣😴 but we’re getting through it! The grands are here, their dog went home this morning when Pete took Leelan over to take care of the livestock. When they got back Pete took a good long nap and I have been working on this blog for nearly 4 hours! That’s how it goes with kids around right? Lyra made some deviled eggs – delicious! – and Luna is taking a nap. Leelan is playing something on his Nintendo Switch while Umpa watches a movie now after sleeping. Lyra is now creating some beautiful artwork on her sketch pad. So it is (now, at least) a quiet and laid-back kinda day. Very dark and cloudy out and there’s definite chill in the air – my phone says it’s 42°F and feels like 35°F. Anyway, not much to report; this will likely be my only post today so I will see you tomorrow unless something interesting comes up later. I hope you are enjoying your weekend❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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* My 11yo granddaughter thought that Saturday Sea Creatures would be a fun theme for the day. And it was!
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March 20, 2026 @ 20:20 (!) Good evening family & friends❣️ Kids are here, though 2 of them are with Pete/Umpa at their house, taking care of the livestock and picking up their dog to bring back with them. I’m about to go to bed, though I just spent a very enjoyable hour with Lyra, the 11YO granddaughter. Today was mostly working on the blog and spending time with the grands so it was a good day but I’m ready for bed now for sure! I will see you tomorrow, sleep well❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
P.S. Enjoy the video I posted below (on my site) about one of the most fascinating animals in all of creation! One of these was also the topic for the Video of the Day today.
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March 20, 2026 @ 10:43 Good morning family & friends, and happy spring❣️ Just a few minutes ago, as the clock struck “Springtime”, I put out my first spring decoration (seen here, on my site). And it is only beginning! As I’m able I will working on the house and yard on every nice day we have. Meanwhile, today I’ll be getting things ready or the grands…not that there’s much to do, but having dinner ready to prepare with pots and ingredients set out as an example…Leelan’s bedding pulled down from the shelf…things I won’t have to think about later when there is more chaos (as opposed to when only Pete & I are here) going on. Can’t wait until the weekend starts! Meanwhile, I still have to get ready for the day so I’d better get this show on the road! Have a fantastic Friday and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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March 19, 2026 @ 21:54 Good evening family & friends❣️ I’m up late tonight, been busy with “stuff”. You know…just “stuff”. As in “stuff happens” 😉. The next few days will be more “stuff” with the kids here but that will be GOOD stuff and I’m excited about it and I want to be rested up when they get here tomorrow! So not much to write about today, but I should have plenty tomorrow. And Saturday. And Sunday! Sleep well and good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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March 19 @ 16:26 OOPS! I forgot to put up the pictures…I was pretty hungry guess.
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March 19, 2026 @ 14:46 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I hope your Thursday is going well for you! I’ve already slept through half of it I think. Then been working on blog stuff and talking with Pete about some upcoming things we have going on, and I wanted to talk to him about the results of my experiment (that I will write about in a little while on ChiaChow). Plus, now that the worst of the winter weather is HOPEFULLY over, I want him to set up on of my favorite Christmas gifts, which we were also discussing and planning (pics below if you’re reading on my site). Anyway, I’ve got my tea – cinnamon-turmeric-ginger right now – love the warm spices!), and got a few things ordered for this weekend as the grands – including our grand-doggo – will be here and it will be FUN TIMES! But for now I want to eat and then I’ll come back to do Don’s Guest Post and my ChiaChow update…and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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March 18, 2026 @ 22:12 Good evening family & friends❣️ Just a quick good night before I head off to bed. I spent most of the day on blogging endeavors and also did some researching on a couple of things that we need to find out about. I don’t think we have plans tomorrow except making dog food for Maisie which happens about every 4-5 days so isn’t out of the ordinary. But for now, bed…and I will see you tomorrow – good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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March 18, 2026 @ 14:38 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I hope you are having a good week. By the time I got up after my usual 10-12+ hour nap Pete had already left for his appointment; he just texted that he’s on his way home now. I used the alone time to choose and work on my worship song to record later today, and have something to eat. (I’m doing an experiment which I will write about on my other site when I see how it went.) And then I’ve been working on the morning updates and mini-devo/study. I do plan to also do Wednesday Wags, once I get some more meme hunting done. It is very chilly in the house today though in the mid-30’s outside but it is going to be warming up for a few days. Anyway, I will see you later, enjoy your day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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March 17, 2026 @ 14:32 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Very cold here today, mostly gray. Leelan just texted that the parking lot at his school, which had become a large pond after all the rain over the weekend, is now frozen solid. (Were I his age I’d be getting my ice skates – we had ice skates as kids – and going back for the rest of the afternoon!) Pete is at an appointment but should be back soon. Not much going on, but updates and content I have added so far today is probably all that I can do for the day and you likely won’t see me again until tomorrow. Enjoy your day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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March 16, 2026 @ 20:37 Good evening family & friends❣️ I hope you had a good Monday! Mine was uneventful, the grands come after school on Mondays as their mom often has meetings and I always look forward to that. I roasted my chicken today so that’s what I will be eating much of the week. I’m not sure about the rest of my day but we got some snow flurries, and it will be down in the low teens tonight but I don’t see any snow expected. I guess I will see you in the morning, sleep well❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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March 16, 2026 @ 12:38 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Golly – the wind! 💨 I’m not sure if our overnight forecast is what the weather actually looked like or not, as I slept through it. (I sleep with a fan and also music.) But the wind can’t blow away the sunshine, so there’s that! Not sure what the day will hold as of now, I’m about to roast a big BillHilly chicken for the week and I will see you later…enjoy your day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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March 15, 2026 @ 22:00 Good evening family & friends❣️ I slept most of the day, when I got up I recorded my Sunday Selections (a much simpler version than typically), and then got Don’s Guest Post up. Weather was much worse when I got up than when I went to sleep, and is supposed to get violent during the night with winds in the 70-80mph range, depending on which weather guesser one asks. I have never experienced winds that high but hope I sleep through them…if I’m awake I will play music through my headphones. So many people I know and love are in much worse paths of it today and tonight – Gwen & Don in KY, my sisters-in-Christ Cathy and Annette, my bestie Heidi in MO, J&E in another part of MI – praying for all of them today and through the night…I will see you tomorrow, please be safe among the weather no matter where you are❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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March 15, 2026 @ 12:03 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Not a great day today, going back to bed, hoping to see you later. Enjoy your Sunday.
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March 14, 2025 @ 19:53 Good evening family & friends❣️ I hope you had a great day, doing whatever it was you wanted to get done! Mine went pretty well, I had found a spring-time picture at the thrift store the other day so Zoey put that up for me. Casey is having a corned beef dinner on Tuesday, and invited us…and told me that spring officially starts on Friday, which means I can hang my spring wreath (that I bought last autumn) on the front door too. So that’s something to look forward to. Made dog food for Maisie today (beef, pork, eggs, quinoa, peas’n’carrots, potato, corn, green beans, blueberries – as always the meat and eggs makes up 75-80% of the total and they get other stuff as well) and whatever else I did I don’t remember. Pete will be taking care of the PoiBoiz for me tonight so I can go to bed early so I will see you tomorrow, sleep well and good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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March 14, 2026 @ 13:37 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Bright and sunny day here, mid-30s, before the “big storm” moves in later. No snow now, but we’ll see what happens later. Zoey is here doing her thing – gotta love the sound of the vacuum sucking up debris, eh? Didn’t sleep well, last night’s experimental supper was excellent but my stomach, being used to animal-based with minimal plants, objected most of the night. However, it was worth it! I’m already thinking about what my next experiment will be. I’m thinking of alternating Caturdays with different Saturday content…good cat memes are getting harder and harder to find and I’m seeing other topics on my hunting expiditions that I’d like to try – just throwing that out there. Meanwhile, today I will gas up the bus when I take Zoey home, work on the hymns for tomorrow, clean cages (already cleaned the toilet – I don’t expect anyone else to do that!) and whatever else pops up…enjoy your Saturday and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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P.S. I was playing with my succulents last night, deciding which plants to put into which pots when the time comes to repot them. I think they look so cute parked up there in their new homes, waiting for moving day!
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March 13, 2026 @ 20:48 Good evening family & friends❣️ Today was a good day, though I’m exhausted and ready for bed of course :). Did get my comments and emails caught up, did enjoy the grands while they were here; I’d picked up an 8-book set of Beatrix Potter books this week for 6YO Luna, and we enjoyed reading 3 of them together. The books also came with sticker sets and she enjoyed adding those too. Then I started our (Pete’s and my) meal, as I’ve been craving Chinese food – or at least the American version of it – and was ready take a stab at it. The interesting result I reported on my ChiaChow chat site, with a photo (linked below). Then this evening I’ve been doing some meme hunting and will be going to bed as soon as I get the PoiBoiz tucked in. And that was my day. I hope your weekend has started well and I will see you tomorrow❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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March 13, 2026 @ 13:39 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I slept a lot last night, didn’t wake up until almost 13:00! Got ready for the day and grabbed a cup of tea and now here I am. Excited for today’s meal which I have been planning all week. But I just wanted to let you know that, while my 🧠 is being agreeable, I will be spending time catching up on comments and emails; I’ve had to fall so far behind! Then I will get back to my “morning” updates and Friday Funnies. I hope you’re having a great day so far and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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March 12, 2026 @ 21:31 Good evening family & friends❣️ Well we’re getting storm warnings all over the place now, high winds supposed to begin in the middle of the night for starters…I may be up late anyway as I ended up sleeping for quite a while this afternoon, longer than usual. Pete had a ham club meeting and I got up shortly before he got home tonight. But I still had a chance to play my keyboard earlier and do some other things. I don’t know about you, but I’m really caught up in Don’s story, The Unsettling! I will be very sad when this one ends. Learning a lot too, because I know how he researches his subjects. Anyway, I think I will sign off, have a good night, and sleep well – see you tomorrow❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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March 12, 2026 @ 09:58 Good morning family & friends❣️ I woke up early today for several reasons: one is that I smelled Pete’s breakfast cooking and it smelled delicious. Then I heard the discussion on one of his nets, where he learned that a friend had passed away. He was one of the handful of friends that Pete saw and had a relationship with outside of any group, and he – Pete – was pretty shook up. Plus, because I ate carbs yesterday, I was hungry. So here I am. Got my morning updates done, and cheated a bit by doing my photo post last night and setting it to “go live” this morning. I will get Don’s guest post up later too, excited that it is chapter 3 of his original fiction piece, The Unsettling. I’m enjoying it a LOT! Other than that, it will be music, birds, grands, and WEATHER!!! A few days ago we were in the 70s. Today a storm will be moving in that will bring from inches to feet of snow/ice into the state…then on Sunday another system moves in that will be even worse (possibly MUCH worse!) than this one! Right now it is calm, sunny, and bright. Until this afternoon, unless the forecast has changed since last night; we will all know after it happens for sure, right? Anyway, have a great day, and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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March 11, 2026 @ 19:34 Good evening family & friends❣️ I hope you’ve had a great day today! We have had a good one, went out to lunch where Leelan works with the 3 grands and that was a blast! I haven’t eaten at a Cracker Barrel in probably 20 years; it has much larger menu than I remember, but the chairs are just as hard, so it all balances out hahaha! Really the food was delicious though, better than I remember. Then we dropped the kids off at home (their home), and Pete and I went to a thrift store where I bought a selection of containers in which to plant my succulents. Pretty excited about that! I did get photos today at the restaurant and also of how my plants are doing and the vessels I bought for them. I will share those along with my pictures from this morning in a photo post tomorrow. (Thursday Thotos? 🤔) I also got a couple of other things there – a long (midi-length) hoodie and a flannel nightgown that looks never worn to replace one of my mine that is VERY well-worn – then I’ll have some “new” rags too, flannel makes the best rags. So that’s it for my day, no appointments or plans tomorrow except 2 of the grands will be here for a while after school. So that’s it for me today and I guess I will see you tomorrow, sleep well…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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March 11, 2026 @ 12:36 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Wow we had such storms overnight!!! The rain was heavy all night but the thunder and lightning were spectacular! The loudest and brightest that I think we’ve seen since we’ve lived here! Fantastic!! There’s a “lake” out the back door now too, that had included our back yard earlier but has started to recede in the last couple of hours. I got a couple of photos which I will show below (here on my site); I also took a photo of the lovely gift I got from Zoey I had mentioned a couple of days ago. And an update on the 2nd number situation: I now have my texting number back and I am thrilled. It is a temporary set up but it works and I have some time to create a more permanent solution. So that’s good. I’ll be going out for a while this afternoon and will post Wed Wags and Wed Worship later today; I made the recording yesterday to save time since I knew I wouldn’t be home enough to do it all today; just editing and uploading later. Last thing, I don’t know if you have ever noticed but on lots of the Ain’t That The Truth! updates I like to kind of group them according to categories for each day. Not always, but when I can. Today’s category just happens to be “workdays” which happens to go with “Wednesday”…which means absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things, but, you, know…it’s the little things… Have a great day and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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March 10, 2026 @ 20:41 Good evening family & friends❣️ It is a windy and cold evening as stormy weather is blowing in, we’re expecting ice overnight. Pete has an appointment at 8:45 in the morning which may have to be rescheduled if the forecast proves true. Today I worked on tomorrow’s music, picked up some prescriptions, and worked on getting my phone situation resolved per the suggestions given to me by their zendesk pro. The next step is up to them. And THEN I can port my 2nd line to a new carrier. Anyway I also stopped at a Walmart since I was in the area anyway and picked up a couple of things, and Aldi so Pete could get some more lamb. The meats he can eat are mainly ruminants and seafood but he will also eat rabbit. Lamb is a good clean ruminant for him. By the time we got home the sky was already getting dark and the winds were strong. So I’m about to take care of my PoiBoiz and then head to bed, and I will see you tomorrow. Good night, sleep tight❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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March 10, 2026 @ 13:11 (!) Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Cloudy and cooler outside today, with an expected high in the mid-40s. Pete is at an appointment and when he returns I have a couple of places to go. One of them involves a solution to my phone situation that will renew my texting number to me long enough to get it ported out to another company – and I sincerely and heartily thank the company I’ve been using for coming up with the solution! So I’m pretty happy about that. Meanwhile, until Pete gets back, I will be working on the piece I plan to share for Wednesday Worship. At some point I will also go meme hunting so I can put a Tuesday Titters post up today. So all of that will keep me busy. Anyway, I hope your Tuesday is terrific, and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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March 9, 2026 @ 20:46 Good evening family & friends❣️ Well golly. This has been a day! Not what I was expecting. Just got home and sat down. Went to pick up Zoey and that took a bit because I didn’t get the message she was running a little later because, you know, my texting number is now unavailable to me…but we got here, she did her thing, VERY WELL as always, and also – well, I’ll come back to that. Anyway, as soon as I took her home, 16YO grandson got off the bus here. Also got a message that 6YO got on the wrong bus…went to pick her up, also had to pick the 11YO up from rehearsal, and took all 3 of them home. Got back here and had a quick bite before going to the supermarket and just got home. Will be in bed before long, for sure! Just have to put the PoiBoiz to bed with their fresh water and snackz. But back to what I started to tell you before: When Zoey got in the bus she was holding a bag, and it was a beautiful gift for me! She’d been at an antique store over the weekend and said she thought I’d like it so she got it…it is absolutely so very very lovely, I will show you a picture tomorrow, that really touched my heart 🤗! So I guess I will see you tomorrow, sleep well, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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March 9, 2026 @ 11:57 Good morning family & friends❣️ Wow, crazy that I’ve got my morning updates done before noon! Also crazy that my phone tells me it will be 70°F today (and that next week we’ll get down to -7°F)! The sun is bright, Zoey is coming, and I’m going to do a little grocery shop later if I can. Pete is working on antenna stuff outside; it is very windy at the moment. Here’s something that I don’t understand: our little side street – speed limit 25 – runs parallel to a main road – speed limit 35. The main road is smooth; our street is rutted and bumpy. YET cars blow down our street at 35mph continually, cars that don’t live here or even stop anywhere here, cars that use this street just to get from one end to the other. Why? This is something that I simply cannot comprehend! Our street is very quiet and peaceful otherwise. I should find out what it would take to get speed bumps put in… Anyway, I hope your Monday is magnificent and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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March 8, 2026 @ 20:51 Good evening family & friends❣️ I’ve been steadily busy today without being overwhelmed, and now am ready for bed as soon as I take care of the PoiBoiz. The day went pretty much as expected. I hope you had a lovely weekend and are ready to start a fresh new week in the morning after a good night’s sleep. I will see you tomorrow…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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March 8, 2026 @ 14:06 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Sunny and windy here, colder than yesterday which was in the mid 60s but drizzly with 100% humidity. Today’s plans are to record and post Sunday Selections and of course Don’s guest post. Other than that I want to try a new recipe for my meal and anything else that the Lord hands me to do. We didn’t realize there was a time change until last night, I ended up sleeping until noon although it was only 23 hours from noon yesterday, go figure. I’ve been working out a problem and think I have a good solution now: I have 2 phone numbers (besides the texting-only one in my contact info) – and have had for years – because the carrier for my since-2003 phone number doesn’t have a web-based texting function. I’d subscribed to a 2nd number for business before I retired and now use it for web-based texting mainly, though I can also use it on my phone for calling. Well, my 2nd number provider has now disallowed the web-based texting function, so I’ve been looking for a replacement. Finally found one late yesterday and tomorrow I will get my number ported over there, with all of the fol-de-rol that requires. Other than that, HoWie continues to run like a champ and Pete has been driving him wherever he goes. We need a trip to Sam’s for a small shop soon so when that happens I’ll get a chance to drive him again. Looking forward to that! And that’s it for right now, I’ll probably “see” you again after I finish up today’s posts. Meanwhile have a great day in Jesus❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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March 7, 2026 @ 16:08 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Today is a very special day for me and I have been celebrating it ever since I got up this morning. You will notice that all of my morning updates are of a spiritual nature, and most refer to heaven. That’s where I’m going when my time comes! And I have that assurance because 50 years ago today I said NO! to the world and YES! to Jesus. Today is my spiritual birthday, the day that changed my life forever – from that day through all of eternity. When I made that choice to follow Jesus I was instantly and dramatically changed, going from someone whose life went from one (usually profane and nasty) pleasure to the next, most of them having bad consequences…and going to Someone whose Spirit entered into my soul and gave me innocence, purity, and love. It was just like being struck by a bolt of lightning, so powerful and sudden that moment! All of my nasty vocabulary left my mind – I didn’t even understand dirty jokes anymore! When I looked at the people around me, it wasn’t with a derisive, critical and even mean eye – it was with a sense of lovingkindness and gentleness as the Lord used me. Whereas previously mentions of the Lord made me angry, now I craved His fellowship and His Word. Where I had had fear, it was gone and replaced with joy and peace and trust in my Father. And on and on it went. And goes! I have had times in my life where I started to stray off of His path for my life but He brought me back, repentant and thankful. The negativity that had surrounded and filled me for 19 years was instantly gone 50 years ago today as He changed me from the inside out, filling me with His presence and love. So I will continue to celebrate this day today – and forever. Heaven is my home and that heavenward mindset mentioned above will be part of me until I get there❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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March 6, 2026 @ 13:03 Good afternoon family & friends❣️Another gray day but supposed to be in the 50s. Also expecting rain and even storms today and tomorrow. I don’t plan to go anywhere. Excited that the bus continues to start, so I will be able to start driving it. Today will be just a regular day doing the usual stuff around the house and with the PoiBoiz and whatever else comes up. I would like to play my keyboard a bit, and try out my new equipment, now that Leelan got it all connected and set up. Pete is out running a couple of errands but should be back shortly. It does seem to be working out better for me to do all of my updates and content additions to this site earlier in the day, since evenings are typically more difficult and I just want to go to bed early, so that’s probably what I will continue to do most days. Unless I have other things to share in the evenings of course. Anyway, happy Friday, and I will see you tomorrow if not before❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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March 5, 2026 @ 13:49 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Well today is drizzly and gray but I can make it pink any time I want to hahaha! Pete is off to an appointment; I will need the car to pick up one of the grands later. Apparently he learned that the bus starts and runs perfectly when started from the car’s battery, he believes that the battery just got frozen in our extreme cold this winter or something, so he replaced it today, and we’ll see how it goes. Worst case, I will have to go give Pete a jump. Also Zoey was going to come this afternoon but I had to postpone because of all the other busy-ness happening today. It’s all good though, the grands will be here and that always makes me happy! I got up and did all of my morning updates plus Don’s guest post – all of the important stuff – since it will be kind of busy the rest of the day. Kids will start showing up in about a half hour so I’m going to get the birdcages done real quick, and I will see you later I hope.
P.S. 14:32 6YO wasn’t feeling well, so just picked her up from school and she’s in her room in bed now…always plan for the unexpected, right?
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March 4, 2026 @ 21:29 Good evening family & friends❣️ I don’t think I got everything done on my site today but I’m not sure. Since I’ve been kind of addled 🥴 all day I will just start from scratch here tomorrow I guess. Pete and Leelan are probably on their way home from the ham meeting, and should be here any time. I got the PoiBoiz and dogz all set for the night so Pete doesn’t have to worry about anything, and I’m turning in to bed. I hope you had a great day, we’re on the downhill to the weekend now, woohoo! Sleep well, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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March 4, 2026 @14:08 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ It has been an eventful day so far, I didn’t wake up until after noon so I got dressed and while my hair was still wet I decided to get it trimmed, it’s been a mess and driving me nuts. I also picked up my new glasses which I had to order because my regular ones don’t fit under my blue light blockers. Convenient that the 2 places are right next door to each other. So I just left and got it all done. I will start on my site shortly though, once I’ve eaten my meal and done a couple of other things. So I will see you later this afternoon❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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March 3, 2026 @ 18:00 Good evening family & friends❣️ Today went mostly as planned, with the exception of a neighbor coming over for a visit, which we thoroughly enjoyed. I was expecting an online order today, the tracking told me that it was going to arrive today, and also that it hadn’t yet shipped, so I don’t know what to make of that. It isn’t anything urgent though, it is something that I hope will be fun to use with my keyboard. I will actually be going to bed very shortly, though 🤕😵😣😴, once again, so I will see you tomorrow. Good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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March 3, 2026 @ 11:45 Good morning family & friends❣️ Just dropping a quick note here since I didn’t come back online last night…will explain in a health update [on my site as always] later. I’ll be working on what I can here today. Yesterday’s topic or the mini-devo/study was God’s sovereignty, and today’s topic is going to follow up on that, with why we can depend upon and trust in His sovereignty, so I’m excited to get started on that. One of the grands isn’t feeling well and came home from school to stay with us, and we have an appointment later today here at the house, which I need to get picked up and prepared first. So we’ll see how the day goes. Meanwhile, I’m hoping to have a more-or-less typical Tuesday here on ChiaChatters as I can…hoping your Tuesday is terrific❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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March 2, 2026 @ 11:19 Good morning family & friends❣️ Woke up this morning to a sunny day with expected highs in the mid-30s. I do have a couple of places to go but not sure I will be doing that today, or what I will be doing (besides the usual). I do know I have to make another pot of Maisie’s dog food (beef/pork/fish/chicken organ meats, sweet potato, rice, blueberries – very basic this time as she is getting a lot of “table scraps” as well). I’d like to take a peek into my newest hymnal as I have been curious about it ever since it got here. But everything could change, I don’t know. Anyway, I hope you have a magnificent Monday and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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March 1, 2026 @ 21:33 Good evening family & friends❣️ Today, for once, went about as expected! I don’t exactly remember in what order they came in but after my morning update I ate, got a nap, worked on Don’s guest post and got it up, and got the Sunday Selections done and posted also. Those were my goals and they were met 🏆. The post for Don would normally have been shared in about a week, but it was so good that I was excited to get it online so it pushed another one back. Not that they aren’t all good, I haven’t read one that I didn’t like…but sometimes the words just sparkle on the page, you know what I mean? Anyway, I will be going back to bed soon of course, but I would classify this as a good day. I hope yours was a well and you’re all rested and ready for the new week in the new month! I’ll see you tomorrow, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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March 1, 2026 @ 13:04 (!) Good afternoon family & friends❣️ It is sunny and cold – and pink 😉 – outside. So far since I got up I’ve worked on this site of course, did some meme hunting, played my keyboard a little bit, cut up and slow-roasted a big hunk o’ pork belly (I’ll eat the meat, and all of that lovely fat that I rendered will be saved for cooking and frying after I clean it up) and other little bits and bobs. Pete and Leelan were at church and are probably eating their lunch somewhere right now; expecting Pete back soon after he drops Leelan off at home. After this I will eat, strain the lard, and hopefully get a nap before doing Don’s Guest Post and today’s Sunday Selections. Of course, like every other day, the rest of it remains to be seen, who knows how it will actually turn out…anyway, enjoy your Sunday and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Feb 28, 2026 @ 14:07 (!) Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I hope your weekend is going well so far! Mine started out with a 15-hour nap after the very busy day yesterday, lots of happy people having fun and getting things done and you will see the results in the Gloria update. Worked on my site to try to get everything done so I can go back to bed so far this morning, no other plans today. My new glasses are ready but I will wait to pick them up on Monday. Our weather is pink – hahaha! – these new FL41 glasses are AMAZING in how well they help, and they make everything pink, even cloudy weather – WIN/WIN!! Anyway I think Pete said it will be in the 40s today and then will drop back down to wintry temps and snow again for a while – typical for a Michigan March: in like a lion, out like a lamb they say! Anyway have a fun Saturday and I will likely see you tomorrow❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Feb 27, 2026 @ 18:43 Good evening family & friends❣️ Today has been a very busy day, starting out with shopping for supplies at 09:00 and ending with the grands and J&E going home a little while ago. J&E got SO MUCH done, and then did projects and games with the girls afterwards. A good time was had by them all! And I can’t WAIT to show you photos of what got accomplished but it will have to wait until tomorrow because 🤕😵😣😴. See you in the morning, have a fun Friday night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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UPDATED my Health page! [JesusIsLord]
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Feb 27, 2026 @ 11:55 Good morning family & friends❣️ Got up early, Pete & I went shopping for a few things that J&E will need today, tried out my new FL41’s and they were quite an improvement! Also worked on the blog a bit; will do Friday Funnies later because I need to do some meme hunting first. Now that I’m not on gab I have to do a lot more intentional finding of memes than I used to do just running across them there. (And yes, I still miss gab.) No other plans for the day, so I will see you later – enjoy your Friday❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Feb 26, 2026 @ 19:22 Good evening family & friends❣️ Today was about as expected – always a good thing in my world! Zoey came and did her usual great work, then Pete and I ran our errands. Got some good meat deals while we were out – and yes, we buy a lot of meat! I eat animal-based keto/keto-carnivore/whatever this month’s label is. So anyway I made a haul video that I posted on ChiaChow (link included below) and also got Don’s Guest Post up. After taking care of my PoiBoiz I’ll be, as usual, heading off to bed. I hope that you had a great Thursday, and I will see you tomorrow…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Feb 26, 2026 @ 12:10 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Beautiful sunny day outside today, 24°F at the moment but going get another 10°F before the day is over…and in the 50s tomorrow! Once again my “morning” updates won’t be happening until later, life is life and some days things don’t fit as tidily into the plans that we make, right? Add in a dash of confusion and “tidy” is barely possible hahaha! Anyway, after Zoey goes home we have a couple of errands to run, then I will be back – probably quite hungry – and eat, and do everything here at once. That’s how I hope the plans I have now made actually work out! Meanwhile have a great day and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Feb 25, 2026 @ 20:15 Good evening family & friends❣️ Made it through another day – yeehaw! Something came up so Zoey is coming tomorrow instead. Uneventful, I worked on this site and music all day. Definitely ready for bed! I hope to see you tomorrow, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Feb 25, 2026 @ 13:05 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Gray Wednesday here, in the 30s I think Pete said. Everything was green for a few days, now it is white again, but melting. Zoey will be coming in a little while. I got up and ready for the day and started out working on recording a worship song for today my 🧠 was holding hostage (this is my life now) how to do that on my keyboard – vs using my webcam setup over the keyboard; to record this particular piece I want to record the audio to the keyboard directly, then play along with it using my baritone ukulele which will be both audio and video…which I used to do all the time. So I went back to my manual and started working on figuring it out (feels like I’d never done it before – sheesh) and that didn’t exactly go well…anyway, I finally gave up I had something to eat, put the PoiBoiz back in their cages, and decided to get done what I can get done before I go to pick up Zoey. That’s my day so far, I will pick up where I left off after taking Zoey home…see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Feb 24, 2026 @ 11:02 (!) Good morning family & friends❣️ I woke up earlier today (actually asked Pete to awaken me) because he has an appointment in Clare in a little while to which I will need to drive him, and I wanted to get my morning blog updates/additions done first. So I’ve been drinking my tea while I did that, and am now having some soup. I don’t have any other plans for the day, likely that will be all I can do anyway but I’m hopeful I can get a Tuesday Titters post done afterward. We will be stopping in Sanford on the way back for some organ meats to use in Maisie’s food, the grocery store there has a pretty good selection of them so I’ll stock up. I took a few pics of the PoiBoiz and a quick video as well this morning, which I want to share…so we’ll see how the day goes and I will see you later – enjoy your Tuesday❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Feb 23, 2026 @ 18:36 (!) Good evening family & friends❣️ It has been a short day today, sleeping 14 hours, waking up just before the grands started getting off their respective buses, then spending time with them…feeding myself, getting done what I could on my site, and will be going back to bed shortly 🤕😵😣😴. I’m sorry, right now I’m doing what I can…but maybe tomorrow will be a better day and I’ll be fun again 🤷. Have a great evening and I will see you next time❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Feb 22, 2026 @ 21:27 Good evening family & friends❣️ Very busy day today, working my way through multiple tasks such as laundry and blogging, keyboarding music, etc. Everything took a lot longer than usual but what else do I have to do anyway? hahaha! I will be excited to get the washer put away and get a shower tomorrow, definitely looking forward to that! (For those who don’t know, I have a small portable washing machine that sits in the bathtub on laundry days, and has its own corner elsewhere the rest of the time; I hang everything up to dry it.) The Sunday Selections always take several (very enjoyable!) hours as well, so I have to say it has been a nice day, even if busy. I am definitely ready to turn in now though, so I will see you in the morning…sleep well, and good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Feb 22, 2026 @ 14:46 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I hope that your weekend is going well! After an 11-hour nap I’m feeling somewhat better than I have the last couple of days, and have a lot of stuff to catch up on since I’ve gotten behind in everything. So I plan to finish the laundry, get Don’s guest post done and posted, and decide upon/work on/record/edit/post 3 Sunday Selections, and there was something else that I can’t remember 🤷 and may have to wait until tomorrow now anyway. Today’s mini-devo/study above took a lot longer than usual, but that was the most important part of my day so it doesn’t really matter. It is gray and chilly here today, no plans to go anywhere though. So it will just be a day. Anyway I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Feb 21, 2026 @ 14:23 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I will be going back to bed soon and likely staying there the rest of the day 🤕😵😣😴 but if something changes I will see you later. Meanwhile enjoy your day and happy weekending❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Feb 20, 2026 @ 17:17 (!) Good evening family & friends❣️ Made it through the day 🙌 slept most of the morning, then Zoey and I went to get the last of the items she needs for the Big Project. Came home and worked on laundry – a couple of loads is all I could manage today – made my meal, and was eating when the 2 of the 3 grands got here after school. Enjoyed spending time with them until their mom picked them up a few minutes ago, and now I am needing to go to bed 🤕😵😣😴, so I will see you tomorrow. I hope your weekend is getting off to a good start, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Feb 19, 2026 @ 20:24 Good evening family & friends❣️ Today was a decent day, I got half the laundry done as well as a few other little things around the house that we do every day. I am hopeful to finish the laundry tomorrow but it might have to wait until Saturday as Zoey and I are going out to pick up the few last supplies for the Big Project she is making for Gloria, that I can’t WAIT to reveal! That girl has so much talent…anyway, she just stopped by to ask a couple of questions before she finishes up. I’m so excited to get it done, delivered, and displayed! Meanwhile I will see you tomorrow on Finally Friday…good night for now❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Feb 19, 2026 @ 14:35 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ It is a lovely sunny day here, not sure about the expected high temp but I won’t be going out anyway. Doing laundry today and tomorrow – yes, I let it pile up for too long (though I do have reasons) – and would love to be able to hang it outside. However, last I heard, there will be some sort of storm thing moving in later. Plus the clothesline and clothes pins haven’t been washed yet and are certainly dirty from winter. Which is, by the way, going to continue for a while yet here. Anyway I enjoyed the grands, got up at 05:15 to fix breakfast, went back to sleep about 4 hours later, and when I woke up at 12:30ish I sorted laundry and got that all started before coming out here. Not sure what I will be posting today, other than Don’s Guest Post and of course my updates as listed below, and my mini-devo-study above (if you are reading on my site); maybe inspiration will hit me when I’m changing loads hahaha! Anyway, have a great day and will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Feb 18, 2026 @ 18:03 Good evening family & friends❣️ Well my day has consisted totally of working on this site [chia.owly.net], and preparing and eating my daily meal. The grands will be here in a little while so I figured I’d finish up for tonight and then see you tomorrow. I’ll be getting up early early to make breakfast for the kids before they get on the bus but will likely go back to bed as soon as the buses are gone. For tonight, though, just waiting on them toget here. So I’ll see you tomorrow, sleep soundly in Jesus❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Feb 18, 2026 @ 11:41 Good morning family & friends❣️ GOLLY! I am here while it’s still morning, how about them apples??? It is raining and gray (my 🧠 is happy!), was icy earlier according to Pete, and is supposed to get to the upper 40s according to the weather guessers. I have no plans to go anywhere. BUT the grands will be here later in the evening to spend the night and the buses will pick them up for school here in the morning. I have plans to do things but not sure what I will be able to accomplish? Definitely a Wednesday Worship, and a Wed Wags. Hoping for time to edit/post yesterday’s vlog too, and Pete needs my help with his laptop. My days have been taken up with so much stuff this last week – doing things, recovering from those things, doing more things, and so the cycle continues! Anyway one of the things I did yesterday was order another pair of glasses, small ones that I can use with FL-41 lenses. So I will get on with my day and pray that I can actually accomplish what I need to do. Happy Wednesday, enjoy your hump day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Feb 17, 2026 @ 18:11 Good evening family & friends❣️ Pete and I went out to get things done today, I’m done in and done for 🤕😵😣😴 and on my way to bed after just finally having something to eat. This was not at all how I’d planned this day but it is what it is and I can’t change it. I did do a vlog/grocery haul which I will edit/post tomorrow. Also made a pot of dog food for Maisie (beef/pork/fish/eggs/oatmeal/pumpkin). I will see you whenever I get back online Wednesday, I hope you are having a good week so far❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Feb 16, 2026 @ 20:15 Good evening family & friends❣️ Well I didn’t get the picture post done, the grands were here for a while, they left and I ate, and I’m just not feeling well at all so bedtime for me, I will see you in the morning.
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Feb 16, 2026 @ 13:08 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Pete tells me that it is supposed to be somewhere around 50°F outside today. Golly. I guess it will be a good day to go to Ollie’s then! He is napping at the moment but I’ll be ready to go when he wakes up. That, and laundry, are my plans for today. And will probably do a Picture post as I have a few that I want to share. Anyway, I hope your Monday is magnificent, and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Feb 15, 2026 @ 22:10 Good evening family & friends❣️ My day is almost over and I am definitely ready for bed! I’m not sure if Pete already went back to bed or if he is doing his lymphodema treatment. Today was rather busy, in that I worked on catching up with blogging stuff most of the day, finishing up now. Tomorrow I’m not sure what I will do, except for sure start on laundry, and the grands are coming after school tomorrow so I’m BIG TIME looking forward to that! I’d like to go to Ollie’s since I have a 15% off coupon, but it depends on what time I wake up as to whether I will have time to drive down there. Anyway, sleep well tonight, so you can get your week off to a great start, and I will see you in the morning…or whenever…❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Feb 15, 2026 @ 14:01 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I am up after a 14-hour nap but I wouldn’t say I’m at ’em yet! I do have my tea, however, and am going to work my way through the day at a snail’s pace. Planning to get everything done here before dark, including my morning (too late, I know!) updates, Don’s guest post, and 3 hymns! Do you think I can do it? We’ll see! Meanwhile I hope you enjoy the photo I just posted, it cracks me up every time I look at it. When we got Chuy he had no house manners and would walk across tables and counters. This is something he never really got over and would do when he was alone. (Do you remember when I posted about this when we were living in Myrtle?) Now he is bolder, as you can see below (if you’re reading this on my site)! I told him, “Chuy, I’m RIGHT HERE!” and he glanced back at me, then continued to look out the window HAHAHA! And Maisie’s look is priceless! Anyway, I will drink my tea and get on with things, picking up where I left off on Thursday morning as well as I can. Have a sensational Sunday and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Feb 14, 2026 @ 17:37 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Well I made it, they didn’t kill me at the Henry Ford Neurological Institute downstate. Today is definitely a recovery day, though I did do a few things but mostly just needing to “get over it”. Zoey did come today and that was good, Maisie got her good brushing the house looks good again. I will be going back to bed shortly so this is all I will be posting tonight, and I will see you tomorrow. I hope you are having a great weekend, and to those who celebrate, happy Valentine’s Day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
P.S. I did update https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat for the last few days
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UPDATED my Health page! [JesusIsLord]
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Feb 12, 2026 @ 11:30 Good morning family & friends❣️ It is sunny and bright outside, about half of our snow is gone but there is still plenty for the sun to reflect off of. Casey will be picking me up shortly for our trip downstate. We will be staying in a hotel near the hospital so we can get there bright and early for my test tomorrow. It will last 6 hours and I’ve been told it may not be pleasant. At any rate we will be back later on Friday, and I will likely not be back online until Saturday at least as my 🧠 typically will be 🤕😵😣😴 for a time afterward… So I did get my morning blog stuff done, and am about to get Don’s Guest Post done (after I grab a quick bite) and posted. I don’t plan to take my laptop with me. Anyway, enjoy your today and tomorrow and I will “see” you when I can! Take care and God bless❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Feb 11, 2026 @ 15:26 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ And happy hump day to all who celebrate. Yesterday Pete and I took a little trip to Saginaw and while there I decided to start vlogging again, which I talk about in the vlog I posted. I also got a song posted for what I called “Worship Wednesday”. It seems that, given my current limitations, it was a tad overzealous of me to plan to post 3 songs on Sunday and 3 on Monday, which was my original intent. 3 on Sunday and one on Wednesday may be more doable; at least it was this week. So today I did the editing and uploading of those, as well as Wednesday wags, and the other morning things. This will be a one-and-done again as I’m trying to recover from yesterday. The grands are here, Pete had a friend here most of the day, lots of blog content I really wanted to get perfected, prepared, and posted since I won’t be around much the next couple of days…so I will probably just go to bed when the grands go home. Anyway I hope you are having a good week so far and all is going well for you! I will see you tomorrow, as I do plan to post before Casey & I leave for downstate for Friday’s testing, if all goes according to plan…see you then❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Feb 10, 2026 @ 13:02 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I am not sure how today will shake out yet, already had my online appointment with the neurologist (will update my health page with the highlights when I can), had a light lunch, and spent some time with Casey as she was here for the appointment. I’m now sipping on cup o’ tea #2 for the day (cinnamon chai) and once Pete is done with his lymphodema treatment (which looks like THIS for an hour once or twice a day), we have some errands to run that we didn’t do yesterday and we’re going to eat at Texas Roadhouse – our favorite! Between the weather and vehicle issues we haven’t been able to use a gift card since we got it for Christmas so today we’re going to break it in! Speaking of weather, it is cloudy but going to be up to the low 40s in a little while – a great day to be out! Sun on snow breaks my head so cloudy is GOOD! Anyway, I don’t know that I will get any posts up today, will have to see if I will be able to by the time we get home…I hope you guys are having a terrific Tuesday❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Feb 9, 2026 @ 22:24 Good evening family & friends❣️ I’m waiting up to give Maisie her final cough pill. (She’s still coughing.) So I’m late updating tonight. I spent much of the day at my keyboard working on a song that I REALLY wanted to record and post so I worked on it, getting all of my voices and settings and everything else set up, then started recording. However, after over an hour of videos I never got a good enough copy…until the final one, which was PERFECT! ALL the way through! Then Pete got up to leave the room as I was playing the last line, and Maxwell started SHRIEKING at the top of his lungs, literally the 3rd measure from the end. At that point I was done, my head ready to explode…so I have been chilling all evening since then. After I give Maisie her pill at 23:00 I will be in bed, and certainly asleep soon after. So I’ll see you tomorrow, sleep well❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Feb 9, 2026 @ 13:33 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ And happy Monday to all who celebrate. First, for those who have been obsessively pondering the thought I posed yesterday at 11:12 – it is here. (And there were no takers on my bet offer hahaha!) I haven’t had a chance to look through it yet, but maybe later. Pete and I were planning a lunch date and a trip to Saginaw today but tomorrow is supposed to be much warmer so we are postponing. Not that today’s 28°F high is all that cold, but tomorrow is supposed to be 10°F warmer so we’ll wait and go after my neuro appointment in the morning. I haven’t been working on any of my projects lately so possibly I will do some of that…maybe play one of my ukes – not sure if I’m up for the keyboard today – for a while…maybe make some egg wraps since Pete has the griddle out anyway and they are quick and easy and will be good to have around…so many possbilities. I will likely post something too, probably a Monday Memories as I’ve got a big folder of those. Anyway, I hope you are having a fantastic day, see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Feb 08, 2026 @ 21:24 Good evening family & friends❣️ I hope you’ve had a good day today and a great weekend! I’m getting ready to go to bed after finally finishing up the last post. They took me a long time today but got ’em done! After the girls left today I didn’t get my usual nap, too much to do though I don’t remember what it all was, now. Anyway no written in stone plans for tomorrow so I can sleep in if I want to. I did have a good time with the girls, as always…love them and Leelan so much, being a grandma is really special! Anyway, I’ll be heading to bed shortly so good night, I will see you tomorrow❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
https://chia.owly.net/guest-post-from-don-the-unsettling-chapter-2 (with updates to
https://chia.owly.net/guest-posts-from-don & https://chia.owly.net/dons-digest)
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Feb 8 @ 11:12 Just got a delivery update on my new-to-me huge hymn book. Estimated delivery on Fri., Feb 13. So I checked the detailed tracking and learned it arrived in my city already. Anybody want to take bets that it will get here sooner than Friday?
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Feb 8, 2026 @ 10:12 Good morning family & friends❣️ Pete & Leelan are at church, Lyra is still sleeping, and Luna and I are sitting in the living room. She’s playing on the tablet I keep here for the girls while I have my tea and work on my blog. We’ll have “Ugma church” once Lyra gets up and around. Ugma church is something that I created for them as Lyra especially doesn’t feel that our church has anything to offer on Sunday mornings, the sermons aren’t relevant to her, as they are – of course – written for adults. I understand. So, since I can’t manage it either, I find a video that we watch together…read pertinent Bible passages, discuss, and pray. Then we go make a mess in the kitchen (where discussion sometimes continues) while using our creative talents to create an interesting breakfast for ourselves. By then Pete and Leelan get back, having gone out for lunch together after church, and Pete takes the kids home at which time I usually nap. So that’s how we are managing it for now. For me personally, I want to try to start attending Sunday evening and Wed. evening services which are likely not as crowded, loud, long, or stressful to my 🧠. The thing is, usually by late afternoon my 🧠 has usually decided it’s had enough for the day 🙄🙄…anyway, that’s the deal on normal Sundays. So I’d better go wake Lyra up and so we can get this morning started and I will see you later, have a great day in the Lord❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Feb 7, 2026 @ 18:26 Good evening family & friends❣️ Today turned into a much busier day than I thought. But it was productive. Zoey was here in the afternoon, groomed Maisie (that’s always the first thing she does), then fixed our bathroom window that leaks cold air around the edges for some reasons; it didn’t do that before. Also did her usual cleaning, helped with bird cages, did mopping, etc…so the house looks great. After that I did a quick scan of my emails and put together a shopping list for Casey since we didn’t have a working vehicle and she was shopping today. Did some “behind the scenes” blog stuff, ate today’s meal, then Casey & Leelan dropped off the groceries and visited for a few minutes, and she told me that the girls told her they wanted to spend the night, so they’d probably be back in a little while. I am taking the time before they get here to do some updates for today, it doesn’t look like I’ll be putting up any posts but that’s how the day went…also in there somewhere Pete got the call that the car was done, radiator and whatever else was replaced, so the neighbor came and picked him up to bring it home.* So yeah, it was just activity all day and I’m beat! I will see you tomorrow, not sure when depending on what is going on, I hope your weekend is great so far❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
*After making the appointment to get the car fixed yesterday a neighbor offered to fix it so Pete took it over there late in the day.
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Feb 7, 2026 @ 12:52 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I haven’t really started my day yet (other than getting dressed and cleaning the bathroom – Zoey is coming but I don’t expect other people to clean my bathroom,except the tub which I can’t do) and am having my tea. BUT I just checked the weather and saw THIS very cool video from a Michigan meteorologist, Brad Sugden:
I thought it was really interesting, and that some of you may enjoy it too. I will be back later, after Zoey’s been here, and I’ve got my Saturday updates and post(s) done…have a fabulous day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Feb 6, 2026 @ 14:57 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Another one-and-done I’m afraid…but everything is posted for today as you will see by the links below. The only thing missing will be my evening update and it will likely be like most others anyway 😜. I slept until about 12:30 and since then I have mostly worked on this site, but also have a big pot of meat cooking for Maisie’s food, about 9# worth. Pete went and picked it up when it was on sale a couple of days ago; ground beef was just $2.something/lb and boneless skinless chicken breasts were $1.49/lb. I cut the chicken into chunks, and broke the ground beef up in the pot. When it’s done I will separate it into 4 bags, freeze 3, and use one to make up some dog food to use. She’s had boiled rice & hamburger for her tummy (fine now) so she can get the good stuff again. Not sure what else I’ll add yet. Anyway, Pete has an appointment to get the car into the shop on Tuesday as the BarS isn’t working. Bus of course doesn’t start in the winter…not reliably anyway. That’s been our day so far. The rest of my day will be mostly in the quiet and dark of the bedroom, but I will have to come out now and then of course. Shutting down now and if I don’t see you later today I will see you tomorrow, God willin’ and the creek don’t rise. Enjoy your Friday and the start of your weekend❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
https://chia.owly.net/friday-funnies-feb-6-2026-edition ~ https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat ~
chia.owly.net/aint-that-the-truth ~ chia.owly.net/video-of-the-day
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Feb 5, 2026 @ 17:18 (!) Good afternoon family & friends❣️ “One and done” – as Pete and his hamster friends say on the radio – for me today. I was up most of the night after a late-evening nap (which I had thought would last all night!) of 3 hours. Then back to bed about 7 hours later waking up the first time, which meant, of course, that I slept much of the day. Go figure. I did a little housework when I got up, cleaning my areas around my side of the bedroom and my corner of the living room. Then I was able to settle down enough to do my blog updates/additions/changes. And that’s been my day. We’ve had some beautiful snow today, a couple of inches at least, and expecting more overnight last time I checked. I’m pretty much ready to go back to bed but first I’ll do some more little things around here and probably have a light supper. So I guess I will see you tomorrow, I hope your week is going well❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
https://chia.owly.net/guest-post-from-don-dietary-guidelines
(with updates to https://chia.owly.net/guest-posts-from-don & https://chia.owly.net/dons-digest)
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Feb 4, 2026 @ 18:14 Good evening family & friends❣️ I have a few things to do this evening before bed but I will be shutting down and taking my laptop into the bedroom first (Leelan is spending the night, and my chair folds out into his bed), not sure if I will be coming back online here before morning. I did sleep from mid-morning to mid-afternoon today, got up and did some meme hunting, got Wed. Wags up, and Pete and I spent some time talking…so it was a laid-back day. Maisie had some more tummy troubles this afternoon so I will make her some boiled rice and hamburger for her dinner tonight and breakfast tomorrow, which she will have with her usual plain yogurt. She’s not uncomfortable, but let’s just say it’s a good thing that Chuy has his papers down in the bathroom…anyway if it doesn’t resolve by tomorrow (it’s been a few hours so maybe it already is) of course I will call to find out if the vet can see her…but it probably will. (Anybody still reading here that might remember when she ate that ribbon? That’s been a few years, eh?) OK, I’m going to go get her food going, clean the PoiBoiz and get them fed, then go back to the bedroom. My meme files are needing some beefing up so the rest of my evening will consist of meme hunting on my tablet. Have a good night and I will see you in the morning❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Feb 4, 2026 @ 07:48 Good morning family & friends❣️ Up early today because Maisie has a bellyache…lots of rumbling and noise in there, lots of flatulence, and she’s been wanting to go out every few minutes since 05:00. Finally about 20 minutes ago she settled down, I’m hopeful her last visit to the yard gave her some relief. Anyway, Pete is on his morning nets, I’ve done the prep for my meal later today, and my morning updates, am having my tea, and will get the PoiBoiz out when I’m sure Maisie is settled – we don’t open doors when the Boiz are out flying around. EVER. For ANY reason. I have always made sure that we had double entrance/exits between the Boiz and the outside but I haven’t yet been able to make that happen here so I am absolutely obsessive about the doors. Anyway, I’m not sure what I will do today besides Wed Wags, and a nap. I hope you have a good day today and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Feb 3, 2026 @ 21:46 Good evening family & friends❣️ Just saying good night before I go to bed, I hope you all had a good day. Mine was about as I expected but I did put up a couple of posts this afternoon so that was a step in the right direction eh? Sleep well and I will see you tomorrow…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
https://chia.owly.net/tuesday-traditions-feb-3-2026-editions ~
https://chia.owly.net/technology-tuesday-feb-3-2026-edition ~ https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat
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Feb 3, 2026 @ 10:38 Good morning family & friends❣️ It is cloudy outside, looks like we’ve had another inch or two of snow lately. Expected high in the mid 20s. And I did it again: found another hymnal that looks interesting and bought it. This one is a monster, and full of songs – so it claims – that aren’t in common use which is why I bought it. As much as I love and play the traditional hymns (and have/use many traditional hymnals), I also enjoy learning new songs. Anyway, I’ll let you know what I think when it arrives. My day will be much like yesterday, although I do plan to post something, not sure what yet. I will see you later, enjoy your day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Feb 2, 2026 @13:49 Good morning family & friends❣️ This is all you will see from me today, here or elsewhere, God willing I will be back tomorrow❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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UPDATED my Health page! [JesusIsLord]
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Feb 1, 2026 @ 20:37 Good evening family & friends❣️ Today went about as expected: sleep, keyboard, recording, making dog food, getting Don’s guest post up. Not in that order. And the remainder of my evening will be the same as usual, finishing up here, getting my PoiBoiz fed and put to bed, and going to bed myself; praying that by morning I will be recovered (or as recovered as I get these days) from Friday night. So that’s it for me, I will see you in the morning – or when I get up – sleep well❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
https://chia.owly.net/guest-post-from-don-the-relationship
(with updates to https://chia.owly.net/guest-posts-from-don & https://chia.owly.net/dons-digest)
https://chia.owly.net/sunday-selections-feb-1-2026-edition ~ https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat
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Feb 1, 2026 @ 10:31 Good morning family & friends❣️ I will be going back to bed shortly and today will be much like yesterday for the most part but I am hoping to do some recording on my keyboard (planned to start Sunday Selections today, sharing a few of my favorite hymns each week), and of course get Don’s Guest Post up. Pete is so exhausted, still from being up all night Friday I think, he fell asleep in his chair waiting until it was time to leave for church, and I chose to let him sleep. I will make dog food while working on the blog stuff later I guess but it all depends on what is going on in my head 🙄. So first, sleep. I will see you later, if I have any say in the matter 😉, enjoy your day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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I ran across these on Pinterest yesterday and thought they were cool. I doubt I will use most of them, but the snark mark I might hahaha! (click the images to open a larger copy so you can read it)
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UPDATED my Health page! [JesusIsLord]
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Jan 31, 2026 @ 15:13 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ This will be short, I’m going back to bed and will update my health page at some time with what happened but for today, I’ve updated the links below as always, and “cheated” (as yesterday) on the study/devo above. I won’t be on social media today, or probably do more than cursory scan of my email inboxes. Unless things change after I get up. So I will most likely won’t see you until tomorrow, enjoy your weekend, stay warm – or cool – wherever you are❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Jan 30, 2026 @ 21:35 Good evening family & friends❣️ I hope you had a great Friday! I slept through much of mine. Pete had an appointment in Saginaw in the afternoon. When I woke up this evening I did the Friday Funnies, had something to eat, took care of the PoiBoiz for the evening, and will probably be back in bed shortly as per usual. Tomorrow will be busier I think, with some shopping, Zoey coming, and I think Casey said she may come in the morning too. That’s about it for me, sleep well❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
https://chia.owly.net/friday-photos-jan-30-2026-edition ~ https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat
https://chia.owly.net/friday-funnies-jan-30-2026-edition/
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Jan 30, 2026 @ 09:12 Good morning family & friends❣️ Wow, hard to believe that January is almost over already! Or, as Pete says, “Mosquito season is coming fast!” 😆 Sunny morning, temp was -7°F (-14°F wind chill) when I woke up a couple of hours ago. They’re saying we’ll be in the mid-teens today. Sun is bright, sky is bright blue, so it is pretty looking outside from our warm home. Pete has an appointment this afternoon but we sprung a radiator leak in the car, and HoWie just doesn’t like to run in the winter. Pete said he will put some BarS (or whatever it’s called) in it. I would love to sell this car, we had Suburbans before this one, and when we needed to replace our last Suburban there weren’t any to be had anywhere that we could find. So we got this Escalade and neither of us have liked it as well as the Suburbans, for numerous reasons having nothing to do with the radiator leak which can happen in any car. BUT it has served us well and we’re thankful for having it; just planning to go back to a Suburban when we replace this. Anyway my plans for today are about the same as most days, and will likely work out about the same as most days too! So I’m going to go get busy with whatever and will see you later – have a fantastic day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Jan 29, 2026 @ 19:39 Good evening family & friends❣️ It’s been a long but very productive day today! J&E were here, we haven’t seen them since well before Christmas, so that was GREAT! And we had a blast, went to a little gift store/flower shop (it’s that log-cabin-looking building down by the bowling alley, Casey) and it is WONDERFUL in there, all kinds of cool stuff, and they have vendors bringing in their wares as well…just a delightful little place! So I bought a few little succulents there, and then some more at Home Depot. Tomorrow I will get some photos up of my beautiful little babies! All of the Christmas decorations are packed away and back in the attic, so there’s plenty of space to put them out. Anyway, I’m totally stoked about these plants and excited to find interesting vessels in which to replant them in the coming weeks! Part of the fun of flowers, I’ve found the last couple of springs, is planting a variety of plants in pots to make arrangements – and I think I do very well at it too. I’ve already begun the same with my new little babies, and have plans for some of the others when I get big enough pots. Or maybe terrarium or two! But I’m worn out now (surprise! 🙄) so am on my way to bed…and I will see you tomorrow. Good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Jan 29, 2026 @ 10:44 Good morning family & friends❣️ I’m in a bit of a rush this morning and I’ve run out of time to write much here but I wanted to get the morning updates (the study/devo – whatever it is turning into – and today’s video short and ain’t it the truth memes) done because it’s going to be a busy day and I’m not sure when I will be back here. But I wanted to get the next Bible study/devo on the aspects of “following Jesus and what that means” posted; I will have 2 more days on this topic and then will move on. Probably won’t do another “series” right away, but we’ll see where the Lord leads. Anyway, J&E will be here soon so I’d better get busy, have a great day and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Jan 28, 2026 @ 19:46 (!) Good evening family & friends❣️ FIRST and FOREMOST, today was Gift of the Ladybug Day…please read my post from Jan 28, 2022 about our very own Ladybug, Lyra, and learn about this day devoted to children with rare diseases! [https://chia.owly.net/today-is-national-gift-of-the-ladybug-day-and] I would have had this up earlier, and planned to, but it’s been a 🤕😵😣😴 day; I did play my keyboard a couple of times for short periods but mostly just slept, and Pete agreed to feed the PoiBoiz tonight so that I can go back to bed after this. I did check the weather today and it looks like as soon as next week we’ll be back into the 20s during the day and double digits ABOVE zero at night…and in mid-February we will even get back up to freezing if the weather guessers are correct! February 13 is a big day for me (and for Casey for that matter) and it would be really nice for us if our temps were in the 20s or above. But for tonight, being in my 🛏️ is what’s on my mind hahaha! So I will see you tomorrow, sleep well❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Jan 28, 2026 @ 08:18 Good morning family & friends❣️ I’ve been awake since 04:20 this morning for some reason…yesterday I spent quite a long time at the keyboard, working on some Rejoice Hymns, and one of the hymns turned out so fantastic that Pete & I were both excited about it! Then when I woke up so early I just wanted to come out to my keyboard and start playing again, but it would have awakened Pete of course, and also the PoiBoiz, so I didn’t…read my Bible (need to do some research on this morning’s reading…don’t let me forget…) and spent time with the Lord, then played some solitaire until Pete got up at 5:30ish; been working here on my site ever since. Now I’m going back to bed, and I will probably see you later, have a great day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
https://chia.owly.net/wednesday-wags-jan-28-2026-edition ~ https://chiachow.net/what-i-eat ~
chia.owly.net/aint-that-the-truth ~ chia.owly.net/video-of-the-day
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Jan 27, 2026 @ 15:40 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ It is a gray and cold day today, I got ready to go out but then we decided not to and have been working on my site since I got up instead. Plan to work on my Rejoice Hymns project for the rest of the day, or most of it. And that’s about it. I did take some pictures while the PoiBoiz were out today, I don’t think I’ve taken any in a while, and only decided to take them after Elliot had flown back to their cagetop play area. (I’ll share a few of Maxwell below here on my site.) You can see Pete with a quilt over his head, he was watching something on his laptop and Maxwell kept flying over to him, so Pete made his own warm dark theater room hahaha! Anyway, I’m thinking it will be an early night for me so I probably won’t see you until tomorrow, enjoy your day. And your evening❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜 And your night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
https://chia.owly.net/tuesday-titters-jan-27-2026-edition ~
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Jan 26, 2026 @ 2016 Good evening family & friends❣️ Made it through a very busy day! I was doing stuff from morning until now, and am still able to show up tonight – woohoo, it’s been a good day, the my Father has sustained me! Really enjoyed my keyboard today, after recording and while I was transferring files I spent a little time seeing what songs I’ll be working on next, and they’re all good – of course I chose them. (For those new to this project, when I ordered 2 modern hymnals last summer I went through each one, just quickly sight-reading all the songs, then marked the hymns that I wanted to spend further time on and recording later; I share the recordings on my site here.) Starting in February, which is this-coming Sunday, I will be sharing some of my favorite traditional hymns on a new weekly post, Sunday Selections, also from my new books…anyway, Pete just gave the PoiBoiz their supper, so now I am free to go to bed when I finish here. I hope you had a great day, and I will see you in the morning when I get up tomorrow…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Jan 26, 2026 @ 14:29 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I’m working on today’s Bible study/devo…there is so much to share about following Jesus, about which I posted yesterday, that I am continuing the theme as the Lord is leading. So I’m working on that right now. And I want to do more Music Monday with my keyboard and the songs I’ve been working on this week, which is another very time-consuming pursuit. My day will be full, so I’m eating right now also. I had bought a an 18.75 lb. pork roast (well, 2 of them actually) a while back. One is already used but yesterday I took the other out of the freezer, and this morning Pete cut it up into chunks, which I am cooking today. I’ve roasted about 1/3 of it so far today and am eating some of that; the rest I will boil up and shred to use in dog food. It was very inexpensive, as I recall…$1.47/lb or something. Anyway, I also have to make dog food again today. It will be a busy one! I will get the Bible study/devo up first and then move on, and I will be back tonight (if able, we already have seen how that goes!)…have a magnificent Monday❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Jan 25, 2026 @ 20:52 Good evening family & friends❣️ I hope you’ve all had a great weekend, and a good day today! I don’t recall most of my day but they’re all about the same anyway hahaha! Anyway, I did get Don’s guest post up earlier, even when I miss my own posts I definitely try not to miss his; his readers are more vocal than mine are 😆! So I’ll be going to bed shortly and will see you in the morning…or whenever I get here…sleep well in the Lord❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Jan 25, 2026 @ 14:14 (!) Good afternoon family & friends❣️ All I’ve done so far today is sleep and work on this site – most of it on the Bible devo above – so not much to report so far 🤷♀️. I am hoping, after my 16-hour nap (I’ve had envious people tell me, “I wish I could sleep that long!” Well, get yourself a TBI and you probably could 😜), that I can stay awake long enough to get Don’s Guest Post up at the very least, and have something to eat. That’s about all I’ve got for now but I really hope I will be back later…have a GREAT DAY in the Lord❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Jan 24, 2026@14:50 (!) Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I’ve been working on my updates/posts here while Zoey (she is so darling, so polite, I just love her!) works on the house. We’ve done a couple of 2-person jobs together as well, she’s just finishing up the back of the house right now. I plan to spend the rest of the day at my keyboard (or as long as I can manage) but first I want to check what is going on with this storm, especially for my bestie Heidi in MO, my dear sister-in-Christ Cathy in OH, Gwen & Don in KY, and my niece – their younger daughter – Olivia in one of the Carolinas, can never remember which…although I don’t think the storm is there yet but I want to check. The other beloved friend I always check on, Annette, is north of the storm, as are we, but also dealing with historically cold temperatures. I am going to make a chili-dog-in-a-bowl for myself today, ever since I watched Hope (Mission Hope: https://www.youtube.com/@MissionHope316 (she’s fantastic, does health, food, fitness, planners, etc. and has an adorable dog named Ralphie, check her out!) make some a few days ago. I’ll make a regular chili for Pete. I’m going to add a little keto pasta to my bean-less version, and Pete will have pasta and beans in his. Anyway, I can’t wait to eat. So I will be on my way to get on with my day, I hope you enjoy your Saturday, I may or may not be back tonight (🧠 is still undecided 🙄) but tomorrow is another day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Jan 23, 2026 @ 15:26 Good afternoon family @ friends❣️ Today will be another 1-update day, just because of TBI stuff 🤷♀️… Anyway is once again bitterly cold, but after watching Ryan Hall Y’all earlier we are not predicted to get the worst part of this massive (2300 miles wide!!!!) storm so I have nothing about which to complain! Pete went out and did some errands, I stayed home and spent hours trying to get this site update done in spite of 😖🧠 stuff…finally done – YAY! Victory!!! I won’t be pushing it any further today though, so probably won’t see you until tomorrow, the way it looks right now. So please, stay warm, and safe, if you are in the path of this storm! I will continue to pray and also to be checking on its progress as are, I assume, many people. Just don’t take chances, ok? ❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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YIKES!!!!!!!!!
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Jan 22, 2026 @ 15:02 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ The sun is bright on the snow today, making it look warmer than it is, which is 19°F with a wind chill of 4°F. (Tonight we’ll be at -8°F, with a wind chill of nearly -20°F 🥶😬🧊!) I updated my health page earlier which explains why I haven’t been here in over 24 hours, and why I won’t be back until tomorrow, plus got Don’s guest post up and my usual updates including what I have always called a “mini-devo” but in reality has become quite a Bible study for me and for those who read what I share. Pete is at an appointment with a new doctor just a couple of miles away; I will have my meal for today and then go back to bed for the remainder of the day and tonight. And that’s it for me! I hope your day is a good one and, if all goes well, I’ll see you in the morning❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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UPDATED my Health page! [JesusIsLord]
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Jan 21, 2026 @ 13:36 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Nice and snowy out, we now have about 4″ on the ground, with more to come in the next few days. J&E won’t be coming due to weather, later today they’re saying we’ll get freezing drizzle between where we live and where they live, in addition to the snowy roads, so it was a good call on their part; they’re probably 65-70 miles away. Anyway, I’ve been awake since 9:30ish, before I even got out of bed I was texting with Emma, then got a chance to talk to my sister and was on the phone until nearly noon. Been working on this site ever since, but Pete and I have to go to pick up a few things today; actually Pete could do it but I want to go since today is the warmest day we’ll have for a while: it’s 25°F with a wind chill of 15°F. In the next few days we’ll have lots of single-digit and subzero weather, with the wind chills as low as -25°F. So this will be the day to get what we need in spite of the snowy roads. I plan to do Wed Wags later, after we get back and I will have to crash for a while to recover. So I’ll see you probably this evening, enjoy your day, stay warm if it’s cold where you are, and stay cool if it’s hot where you are❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Jan 20, 2026 @ 20:00 (!) Good evening family & friends❣️ Still cold, wind chill is -0°F; now it’s been a half-century since I’ve had a math class, but I don’t recall that -0 was a thing at that time. Not sure when that changed…maybe one of the times they re-re-re-classified Pluto? (The planet, not the dog…) Anyway it is warm in here and that’s what matters to me! Pete is on a local net in his ham shack, just fed the dogs so they are set for the night, and I will take care of my PoiBoiz shortly too. I slept most of the afternoon which wasn’t a surprise. Made dog food (beef, pork, fish, sweet potatoes, oatmeal, green beans, blueberries, plus the usual flax meal and bone meal and parsley) for Maisie when I got up, it is cooling now and ready to go in the fridge when it’s done. Oh the exciting life I lead hahaha! I will likely take the rest of the evening and watch TV or something, oh how I miss the days when I could read books!! I used to be an avid (x1000) reader for most of my life. I can read short amounts, especially if I can follow an audio book while reading the print version, without having to start over every few minutes after the words were misfiled (🧠🗄️) but it isn’t the same as those delightful marathon book sessions! Reading was always so much more satisfactory than watching TV! Or is it just me…? OK, so I’m rambling, it’s time to get going, and I will see you in the morning. Sleep well – good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Jan 20, 2026 @ 11:34 Good morning family & friends❣️Brrrrrr!!! It’s a 🥶 one out there! High of 15°F but the wind chill will be much lower…not going out today, that’s for sure! The only time we’ll open the doors will be to let Maisie out for a few seconds. She will use the paper we put down in the bathroom (we always have some down for old Chuy) but she doesn’t like to. She wants to go out. No matter how cold. In fact she seems to love the cold, the colder the better. But in this weather I let her out and right back in. Anyway, I’m not sure what I will do with my day; however, I will probably have my meal early today because I’m hungry for some reason…then if I want a snack later, it won’t be too late. A nap may also happen 🤷♀️. I hope you have a terrific Tuesday, and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Jan 19, 2026 @ 20:26 (!) Good evening family & friends❣️ I spent most of my day at my keyboard, working on my chosen songs, then recording the ones from the week that I finished up today. It is time-consuming but fun, so the time passes quickly. So quickly in fact that when it was a dogs’ dinner time I realized that I had forgotten to make dog food today. Since Chuy is now on canned it wasn’t a big deal, and I just cooked up a pound of ground turkey with 4 eggs and some mashed potatoes for Maisie; that will last her tonight and in the morning. Anyway, that is pretty much all I did, plus make a delicious meal for Pete & I this afternoon. Now I’m having my last cup of tea for the day; I made a dessert tea by mixing vanilla caramel and vanilla almond, and of course making it taste richer with my homemade collagen creamer. I guess that’s it for today, so I’ll see you in the morning. Sleep well, and good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Jan 19, 2026 @ 11:52 Good morning family & friends❣️ Golly! It’s still morning! I was up at 09:30ish today and have been spending my usual time with the PoiBoiz all morning, did some picking up and tidying up in the living room, replaced the cover (I use fitted sheets) on my chair, and did my usual morning blog stuff. I don’t have big plans today. Since I had left Gab 🥹 [https://chia.owly.net/saturday-social-jan-10-2026-edition] I have started using Telegram again but it has had some changes since I last used it so I need to carve out a chunk of time to get re-acquainted, maybe I’ll look at that today…also want to move one of my domains…could be a good day to get some of that housekeeping out of the way! I have a ton of recipes to add to my ChiaChow.net site also, which I plan to get done this week. Anyway, bitterly cold with a sub-zero wind chill, and very windy right now. This kind of weather will be the norm for the next 3 weeks or so, not predicted to reach 30°F until well into February, with lots of days of single-digit and subzero temps between now and then. All of my life I’ve never minded the cold weather much, and remember being outside having fun at -20°F wind chills. The last couple of years have been different though, must be my old age hahaha! Anyway, not sure what kind(s) of post(s) I will put up today but it will be something or other. I think I will now relocate to my keyboard and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Jan 18, 2026 @ 19:07 (which is 07:07!) Good evening family & friends❣️ I hope you have had a good day and a great weekend! I just finished up with the two posts for today, listed below, as always. I think I will play my keyboard for a while before bed. It has been a quiet day so not much to talk about, tomorrow the kids don’t have school but they will be staying home; Zoey is going to do a project for me so we will try to get started on that. (I’ll talk more about it in the future.) So I guess I will see you in the morning, depending on what time I wake up, sleep well in Jesus❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
https://chia.owly.net/guest-post-from-don-the-unsettling-chapter-1 (with updates to https://chia.owly.net/guest-posts-from-don & https://chia.owly.net/dons-digest) ~
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Jan 18, 2026 @ 14:28 (!) Good afternoon family & friends❣️ After a lovely 12-hour nap I woke up to a light snow falling. Made my typical morning tea (ginger/turmeric mixed with pumpkin chai, and added collagen creamer that I make up), and have been working here ever since. I’m excited that tonight Don’s guest post will be part 1 of “The Unsettling”, a prequel to his popular “Christmas on Blurry Mountain” series from last year! Other than that I will likely share a video recording or two. I have no plans to go anywhere today, we’re in a cold snap and Pete and I typically don’t go out if we don’t have to, both of us having respiratory issues…anyway, there may be days we will venture out, we’ll see, but it won’t be today. I hope that your Sunday will be filled with hope, peace, joy, and love🙌 ✝️ 🙌 👑 🙌 ✝️ 🙌
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Jan 17, 2026 @ 23:12 Good evening family & friends❣️ Thought I’d say good night before I go to bed. Good thing I put up a meme gallery so early because I ended up asleep for 5 hours this afternoon! Casey and Luna came over for a little while this morning, then Zoey came to do her stuff, after that I dragged myself to the bedroom and slept until well into the evening tonight. As a result, I don’t have much to write about so I guess I will wait and see you tomorrow…good night, sleep well❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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This was shared in our Mastodon instance [https://theres.life] by Katie. I have always loved the hymn, but this arrangement is particularly beautiful!
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Jan 17, 2026 @ 07:26 Good morning family & friends❣️ I’ll probably be going back to bed shortly but since I woke up at 02:15 and couldn’t get back to sleep I figured I might as well get some things done. Once I finished my Bible reading (first thing before getting out of bed), I got hotel information for next month (a long day of brain testing downstate so Casey & I are getting a room) and the Lord guided me straight to a page that shows places to stay that offer discounts to those using that medical facility, so that was pretty cool, will cost less than I thought it would! Then I put up a new Saturday post; I think I mentioned that I’m taking a break from Caturday as it’s getting harder and harder to find fresh memes and, frankly, it just isn’t as fun for me anymore! So you’ll find a link below to Saturday Signage which had me literally laughing out loud several times as I worked on it. It’s not even light outside and my day is half over hahaha! I am not sure if I will be posting any more posts today or not but either way I will see you this evening, as far as I know…have a sensational day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Jan 16, 2026 @ 18:53 Good evening family & friends❣️ Finally got my “morning” updates/content up, and I think that’s it for me for the day, there won’t be anything else until tomorrow. It has been a long – but profitable! – day today, and I’m needing to shut down and be done and sleep. We went to 2 thrift stores today and I was able to find nearly everything I was looking for so – mostly clothes (all of mine are getting too big) – so that was great! Pete also got some clothes that he needed. I got the perfect spring wreath for the front door, that will go up on March 20th, along with whatever else I have by then to welcome spring. I also got a set of 4 baking pans…I think…that are the size of a bread pan, but the sides are only 1″, like a baking sheet. Never have seen them before and can’t imagine what they are for but they will fit nicely in the AFO for a single serving of something, or a small 2-person cake, or something. But mostly I got the clothes that I needed. I’m thinking of doing something different than Caturday tomorrow…we’ll see, there are all sorts of things going through my mind. Zoey will be here for cleaning and Casey said she wants to come visit, so that will be another busy day. I will see you in the morning, sleep well❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Jan 16, 2026 @ 16:29 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ We just got home and I fixed my meal, didn’t think we’d be gone this long but here we are. Anyway, I will be working on my “morning” updates and content that I usually do as soon as I finish eating, and will see you later…hope your Friday is fantastic so far❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Jan 15, 2026 @ 22:14 Good evening family & friends❣️ This is late for me! My day has been kind of messed up, I kept forgetting what day it was, what I was supposed to be doing, etc., and 🤕😵😣. I finally just realized less than an hour ago that tonight is when I’m supposed to put up Don’s next guest post…sheesh 🤦♀️! However tomorrow is another day. One thing I did though was work on the next couple of songs in the new-last-year hymnal I’m working on, and also put together a little medley of traditional hymns (just 2 of them, that’s why it’s “little”) and I took some liberties with the timing, instrumentation, etc…which was really fun! I will get it recorded, and hopefully posted for Sunday. The new songs I’m working on maybe for Monday Music or something…Tuesday Tunes…whatever. Meanwhile I am hoping that Pete and I can go out tomorrow, I’d love to do some thrift store shopping, it’s been a while and I really want to get some succulents the next time J&E come, and want to find some cute containers for them, among a couple of other things that I don’t remember, but hopefully I’ll know when I see them hahaha! (I interrupt my typing to let you know that it is currently 22:22!) Anyway, I’m ready to put head to pillow so I will see you tomorrow, good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Jan 15, 2026 @ 12:52 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Very strange thing happened last night, I was in bed and made one last check of this site before falling asleep, and last night’s update – right below this one – wasn’t there. So when I got up this morning I checked it first thing and nope, it was gone! Since I have to follow the same routine/pattern in everything I do these days (otherwise I can’t complete the task, whatever it is) I can’t imagine how that happened…but since it was showing up where I had mirrored it, I was able to copy/paste it back here. Crazy stuff. Anyway, today’s mini-devo above (if you’re reading on my site) took a LONG time to put together so even though I got up at a decent hour (10ish I think?) I’m late getting everything posted. Pete and I were going to do some fun stuff today but (a) the sun is bright which pains my 🧠, and (b) the wind chill will be hovering around, and even below, zero. So we are choosing to wait until tomorrow. I have things I want to do around here so I will get on with my day, and will see you later. I hope your Thursday is wonderful❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
(Please enjoy a few “back in the day” photos below – if you’re reading here at chia.owly.net – of my own donkey when he was a baby, my 2 massive wethers, and my little filly. These are from the early 80s; the other one in the picture was the person from whom I rented a room and barn space at the time; the bay gelding and the baby goat were hers. Those were some good times for sure…)
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Jan 14, 2026 @ 19:26 Good evening family & friends❣️ Is it chilly in here, or is it me? Just finished today’s meal a little while ago, then I’ll get the PoiBoiz settled for the night and go back to bed. I did sleep most of the day but I just do what I’m told 🧠 hahaha! I’m listening to some music from Wendy & Mary (anyone remember them from 40-some years ago? Anyone?) The CCM from the mid-70s through the 80s is the best! I played that stuff nearly 24/7, just feel like doing some revisiting I guess. Do you listen to streaming music? Leelan has us listen to things on Spotify so that’s what we use, before that I usually used Live365. But for the most part I like Majesty Radio [https://www.moodyradio.org/stations/majesty-radio] and just about anything on Rejoice Radio [https://www.rejoice.org] but the Mountain Aire station more than the others. And, of course, for my SGM fix, I go to My Harbor Radio [https://myharborradio.com] which should go without saying, this blog is one of their daily sponsors (the first Tuesday of every month) and has been for several years. Anyway, enough of that, I should probably go get the birds put to bed and then myself, I hope your week is going well and I will see you in the morning unless the Lord has other plans. Good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Jan 14, 2026 @ 07:03 Good morning family & friends❣️ It is just starting to get light out…been drizzling, then snow, and very windy. Pete just left for today’s appointment which is a stress test (chemical)/echocardiogram. He said he didn’t need me to go with him – he’s never had one, I’ve probably had a dozen or so, so I thought I could offer some support. But really, in the end, he’ll be doing it all on his own anyway with me in a waiting room somewhere, so there’s no point. I didn’t get much sleep anyway, maybe 6 hours so far. I’ll probably be going back to bed once I finish up here. Today being Wednesday I took the opportunity to use up more of my too-many dog video shorts by putting up two; will get the Wed Wags up later. And maybe a Wed Wisdom post too, since I have all of those misc files that I re-discovered yesterday…hundreds of ’em. No idea what else I will do today, as usual it depends on my 🤕😵😣 but I’ll let you know tonight. Have a great day, and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Jan 13, 2026 @ 18:22 Good evening family & friends❣️ I’m just finishing up another batch of dog food for Maisie, then I can go to bed. Pete will take care of the PoiBoiz for me tonight. The dogs don’t get fed until about 20:00 so that will allow enough time for the food to cool off. (Don’t remember if I told you this or not but Chuy is on canned food now and only Maisie eats the homemade diet.) Today’s batch includes the usual beef, pork, and poultry (turkey this time) making up 80% of the pot, with lentils, green beans, carrots, flax meal, bone meal, etc. (I alternate batches with and without fish, fruit, pasta, eggs, etc. though Pete sometimes fries up eggs to top their food, plus they get yogurt and our leftovers.) Don’t remember what else I did today but whatever it was it wore me out hahaha! I wanted to do something different for my meme gallery, and I have a folder full of misc things that has struck me enough to save them for one reason or another…so I figured I’d share some of those today because why not? There’s plenty more where those came from too. So I’m going to go give the dog food one last mix, then take it off the heat so it can start to cool, and go to bed. Good night, I will see you in the morning by the grace of God…sleep well❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Jan 13, 2026 @ 13:01 God afternoon family & friends❣️ It looks gray outside, haven’t checked the weather. Been, of course, working on this site since I got up a couple of hours ago. Pete is at another appointment, getting tests. My excitement for the day is that I’m going to try making mayo out of HB eggs. Lots of videos online about how to do it. Mayo has gotten crazy expensive, especially the kinds without seed oils (which I’ve been avoiding long before it was trendy to do so). I want to play my keyboard and work on some more of the songs from the Rejoice Hymns (Hamilton) which is the first of the modern hymnals I bought last year. As you can see by yesterday’s music I shared, I’m still in the C’s in the index, so I have a LOT more to work on in this book alone. Of course the PoiBoiz have been keeping me company all morning, especially Maxwell who loves to fly back and forth from me to various other spots. Elliot is more sedentary (and also older) and would rather stand on top of his cage and call for me to come and get him hahaha! He’s a good flyer but not as much of a smooth land-er anymore…failing eyesight perhaps? In October he will be 28; most sources give them a lifespan of 25-30, but some claim they can live up to 40 years. I hope that’s the case with my boiz… Anyway, I guess I will go get on with my day, and will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Jan 12, 2026 @ 20:22 Good evening family & friends❣️ I finally just finished everything I wanted to do here (on my site) today so YAY for that! It was a busy day, I don’t remember everything I did (mostly music though because that takes much more time than anything else I do) but I know Pete was gone about 5 hours, there was apparently a lot they had to do at his appointment today. I still haven’t given the PoiBoiz their supper but will do that after I finish up here. I’m not sure about tomorrow, or if I have to get up early, I’ll have to ask Pete so I can set my alarm if necessary. I guess that’s everything for today, sleep well and I’ll see you tomorrow❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Jan 12, 2026 @ 13:29 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Bright, sunny, breezy, and snowy outside today. Been busy with the blog since I woke up at 11:30 (12-hour nap) and with the PoiBoiz who think they need to help me choose graphics. They are always very interested in whatever is on my laptop screen. Pete is at an oncology appointment; when he comes back I’ll be able to get showered and dressed (I don’t do anything that is very physical/risky when I am alone) and then I’ll plant myself at the keyboard and work on some recording for today’s Monday Music video post. I cracked myself up putting together today’s Music Monday meme post BTW, I hope you enjoy it too! That is my only plan, other than cooking/eating today’s meal later. So I hope that you have a magnificent Monday, and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Jan 11, 2026 @ 21:05 Good evening family & friends❣️ Had a good time with the girls today, as always. They really enjoy playing in their room together, they have a couple of blankets in there that they use to make forts under their bunk beds, and they rearrange their furniture, decor, and stuffies and have all kinds of imaginative play that makes me chuckles. The older one, who is 11, had a rehearsal this afternoon so for the couple of hours she was gone the 6-year-old and I hung out together, talked about stuff, found a great network on the internet (and I added it to the TV too) https://www.faithchannel.com/Kids/ and watched some really fun videos. (They have all kinds of clean programming but we were watching the kids’ stuff.) I did get to play my T5 today and was hoping for time to record/edit/post a video but that didn’t happen; also made supper for Pete and I after the girls went home, ate, worked here on my site and on ChiaChow…now it is late and I’m ready for bed, as usual! I hope you had a great weekend, I will see you tomorrow, God willing…good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Jan 11, 2026 @ 11:42 Good morning family & friends❣️ (and it actually IS morning for once!) We have a nice layer of snow today, it is layered with ice though 🥶 so Pete didn’t go out to church this morning. The girls are here, playing in their room at the moment, they have their door closed because they don’t care for the music that I play to keep the PoiBoiz entertained (and therefore quieter). So far today I did some picking up around the house, washed some dishes, Pete put away all the laundry so he could take the space-consuming drying rack down and move my standing walker out of the girls’ room before they got here. Such is life in a 🤏 700 sq ft home. The girls got here at 10, and I’ve been working on the morning 3 ever since; the mini-devo (above these updates, on my site) takes the longest of course, but is probably the most valuable part of what I do here. Anyway, will have to see what the day brings, I’ll let you know later. Have a great day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Jan 10, 2026 @ 20:31 Good evening family & friends❣️ I hope that you had a sensational Saturday today! We had some beautiful snow, Pete said there’s about an inch out there right now; it is supposed to continue through the night. The girls will be here much of the day tomorrow while Leelan is bowling; his mom will be there cheering him on, and his dad (Billhilly Homestead Solutions) has a job for the day. I’m looking forward to that, not sure what we will do for fun but we will think of something! There is not much else to report but I wanted to say good night before I go to bed; I will see you in the morning❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
https://chia.owly.net/caturday-jan-10-2026-edition ~ https://chia.owly.net/saturday-social-jan-10-2026-edition
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Jan 10, 2026 @15:03 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ It has been a busy day so far, I got up at about 11:00 after my 10-hour nap, and worked on laundry – a task that has been going on FAR too long this week! Zoey came and did her usual help around the house (combing Maisie, vacuuming, and dusting/wiping down surfaces), and her dad did some outside work that needed to be done. We had lost all of our snow to the mild weather the last few days but we have some lovely big flakes falling heavily now and it is starting to accumulate. I’m about to have something to eat – leftovers – because I keep forgetting to feed myself lately hahaha – then I will come back and do a Saturday Social post and, of course, Caturday. So I will see you in a little while, I hope that your weekend is going well so far❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Jan 9, 2026 @ 20:36 Good evening family & friends❣️ Well golly, I just got out of bed a little bit ago, the PoiBoiz were ready for their supper so I popped my defrosted meat into the air fryer oven for today’s meal, then took care of them…and the whole reason I went to bed this afternoon hasn’t been resolved 🤕😵😣 so as soon as I get a few bites of it I will be going back. It’s been a wasted day for my site updates, but at least we have everything we need for the month in the house now. If that’s all I accomplish it was worth it for the day I guess. I will see you tomorrow if God allows, and please listen to me when I say this: Protect your head and brain from injury, always – the risks are simply not worth it. Good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Jan 9, 2026 @ 13:33 (!) Just a quick note: we went to do our shopping first thing this morning, had to go to a couple of stores, got back an hour ago or so and I need 🤕😵😣 to go to bed. People, noise, lights…and STICKER SHOCK! OY! I haven’t been to the regular grocery store in a few weeks, what the heck happened out there??? Other than our local butcher I’m thinking I’ll make other/cheaper arrangements, it was crazy, I must say. Anyway, pain pill tooken (Casey always said “tooken” when she was little and I always thought it was so cute, got annoyed when one of her teachers corrected her hahaha) gotta get this head on a pillow, I do plan to see you later though❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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UPDATED my Health page! [JesusIsLord]
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Jan 8, 2026 @ 18:36 (!) Good evening family & friends❣️ Well I didn’t get everything done as I hoped to do today but I did get a Fursday post – and Don’s Guest Post (which I love!) done, and did get 4 loads of laundry done which was more than I thought I would. And I forgot that our 6YO granddaughter was coming here after school – Pete remembered so it was all good – so instead of other things I spent a couple of very enjoyable hours with her. And I’m not up for playing my keyboard tonight 🤕😵😣 and we’ll have to go shopping in the morning instead of tonight too, I’ll need to go to bed shortly. Just loved spending time with Luna though! So I guess I will see you tomorrow, probably after we go shopping but I’m not really sure, I am having to learn to take things as they come. Sleep well, and good night❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
https://chia.owly.net/guest-post-from-don-it-doesnt-hurt
(with updates to https://chia.owly.net/guest-posts-from-don & https://chia.owly.net/dons-digest)
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Jan 8, 2026 @ 12:19 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ Bright sunny day outside, and most of our snow is melted. It is 46°F – double what it has usually been the last few weeks – and the forecast claims we’ll get a little warmer yet. I’ve been up for 3 hours but WOW today’s mini-devo (above, if you’re reading on my site chia.owly.net) took half of that time today. It was a great study, from which I put together, as usual, what you see above. Also spent some time with the PoiBoiz when I first got out of bed, the photo below (on my site) is a selfie of us, me JUST waking up, bedhead and all hahaha! I am planning to get to the grocery store today for the few things we didn’t get from Sam’s on Tuesday, that is pretty much my only goal although I also will get Don’s guest post up, some quality T5 time in, and maybe even a Fursday post posted, if all goes well. So we’ll see how I do I guess…have a great day❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Jan 7, 2026 @ 15:10 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ It is another gray day, but in the upper 30s and everything is melting. The dogs had their appointments. Chuy (12YO) will be going on a “small dose” of phenobarbitol for the tremors and twitching he has been having, if today’s blood work shows it is safe for him. His heart murmur is no worse than last time, and though he needs his teeth cleaned, that will have to wait until he’s been on the new med for a while to make sure he handles it ok and giving him anesthesia is safe. Maisie (9YO) is fine, all is well, she has another respiratory bug which she gets several times a year since she had pneumonia in March of 2020. The vet suggested not putting her on antibiotics and steroids this time, but rather letting her immune system fight it, with the assurance that if she gets worse she will give her the meds she’s taken in the past. I of course was all for that! Maisie has never had a fever, her lungs have always sounded clear, etc every time she gets it, and she had her blood work (I have it done twice a year for both dogs because they are seniors) pulled today; the WBCs will tell the story but she hasn’t had any signs of infection since the initial pneumonia. I’m all about avoiding drugs to accomplish something that our bodies were created to manage without them…at any rate we’ll see how that goes. Pete is taking a nap, he will have his meeting tonight and Leelan will be driving him because nobody thinks I should do it – including me. I will be home and resting, though I may play my keyboard as soon as I finish here. Not sure if I will be back tonight, it depends on if I crash early or not…but I’ve done today’s updates including Wed Wags so if I don’t see you again today I will see you tomorrow. Enjoy your evening❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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https://chia.owly.net/wed-wags-jan-7-2026-edition
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Jan 6, 2026 @ 22:03 Good evening family & friends❣️ Well I did spend lots of time with my T5 (Yamaha Tyros5) and my PoiBoiz, and we did get rain, freezing rain, and ice, and I did make a pot of cheeseburger soup, only I had so much good fat and protein in the morning I was satiated for the rest of the day. I slept most of the afternoon – a little over 4 hours – so that was good. Only thing on my list that I didn’t get to was laundry but that will be there tomorrow. Or the next day. Or whenever. So I’m off to bed, the dogs have a morning vet appointment for their semi-annual checkups and blood work so I’d better get some sleep, and I will see you tomorrow, either before or after the vet. Sleep well❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
https://chia.owly.net/tuesday-titters-jan-6-2026-edition
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Jan 6, 2026 @ 10:59 I’m back. Morning blog stuff is done. Gray outside, expecting freezing rain, and ice today, details below (if you’re reading on my site). Not sure what I will be doing today. Maybe another load or 2 of laundry. Going to make a pot of cheeseburger soup for Pete & I since I haven’t made that in years. I am hoping for quality time with my T5, and of course my Petey, and the PoiBoiz…and weather watching. Whatever your plans are, I hope your Tuesday is TERRIFIC❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
chia.owly.net/aint-that-the-truth ~ chia.owly.net/video-of-the-day ~chiachow.net/what-i-eat
“Winter weather advisories were expanded further south overnight, now encompassing the thumb region, and Montcalm and Gratiot counties. Ice accretion between 0.10 to 0.20″ is expected through 2pm or so today. Slick travel is the main concern.” https://x.com/MiStormChasers/status/2008558497940545992?s=20
(We are at the purlicue of the mitten, definitely in the purple.)
Jan 6, 2026 @ 09:51 Good morning family & friends❣️ Well I did it again, crashed out before I did my evening update 🙄. About to do my morning work on the site but thought I’d say good morning first for a change…but I’ll be back in a bit!
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Jan 5, 2026 @ 11:21 Good morning family & friends❣️ Pete is at an appointment in Saginaw, I was going to go with him but I’m thinking that working on laundry as soon as I got out of bed this morning was a mistake 🤕😵😣 – plus it was sunny and bright on several inches of fresh white snow which I can’t tolerate, so we made the decision that I would have to, once again, stay home. He’s having a stress test/echocardiogram which he’s never had before so I wanted to be there for him BUT he just texted me and said that his appointment was for TOMORROW not today so in the end it might work out anyway! Meanwhile I will wait for him to come home and welcome him with open arms. Today’s plans are maybe a 2nd load of laundry and make another batch of dog food, plus a Monday Memories gallery. Pete picked up an order from Sam’s while he was in Saginaw; we have found that if we order online we spend about half as much as we do when we walk through the store, tossing stuff in the buggy as we go hahaha! Actually we only needed 5 things so it was no big deal anyway. So that’s what I’m expecting from my day and I will see you later. Have a magnificent Monday❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Jan 4, 2026 @ 23:32 (!) Good evening family & friends❣️ Well I did get a couple of laundry loads done, and have a 3rd half-done: washed & rinsed but not spun or hung. I’ve spent the evening vegging. Just vegging. Now I can barely keep my eyes open so I’m off to bed but not before I say good night…see you in the morning❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
https://chia.owly.net/guest-post-from-don-buying-a-job
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Jan 4, 2026 @ 12:08 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ A cloudy day outside, but it will be getting up into the 30s if the weather guessers are right, so that will be a change! Pete is at church, he went alone because Leelan is now in bowling season and they bowl on Sunday mornings, and the girls chose to not come over this morning which is just as well, I’m not nearly at my best… Anyway, I went to bed very early (it was still afternoon I think) yesterday for the usual reason 🤕😵😣. Today so far I have been working on the site, very slowly, but got the morning stuff done at least, and will get Don’s guest post up in a little while. For now I have to start some laundry though, I may be able to get a couple of loads today. So I’ll go get started on that and I plan to see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Jan 3, 2026 @ 10:16 Good morning family & friends❣️ It is Saturday. Caturday. (I will get those memes up later.) It has felt like Saturday nearly every day for the last couple of weeks. I have no idea why, maybe because I know that the kids are out of school? Which doesn’t really affect me much…but anyway, Zoey will be here today to clean help me out with some things around the house, she’s still learning how I like things done but is good at what she does and I’m happy with her – she’s a great kid. I have no other plans but will take the day as it comes. Having more of the spicy cinnamon tea, since my mug is so big it takes 2 bags and I usually mix flavors; today it is mixed with a turmeric/ginger blend, and I’m sweetening it a little with some apple-flavored SF sweetener. It is good, not my favorite, but not bad. I always have a couple of cups with turmeric/ginger each day though, and make up my own creamy concoction that is mostly collagen, with a little bit of heavy-cream powder for richness. I make it up in a 40oz bottle and it lasts most of the week, 3 cups of day/day. Anyway, I think I’ll go get ready to start the day, and then work on my hymns until Zoey comes. I hope you have a splendid Saturday, and I will see you later❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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Jan 2, 2026 @ 18:57 Good evening family & friends❣️ Not much to report, I slept most of the afternoon (over 5 hours) and then caught up on some Marco Polos. Having a cup of tea, I had ordered about a dozen packages that came today; most were just getting more of the flavors I use most but I did try a couple of new ones. One of those was a spicy cinnamon, it has citrus and licorice in it as well, and that’s what I’m drinking now, with some SF vanilla sweetener to calm it down a bit – very good! I tend to go with warm and spicy tea flavors in the cold weather, and fruity or plain in the summer. My big news for the day though, is that I changed the wallpaper/background/whatever on my server’s screen – the one that is next to my keyboard – and it really is brightening up the room and making it cheery. (Photo below if you are reading this on my site chia.owly.net). I also just made some carnivore-ish (it has a little psyllium husk in it) bread so I can have some toast tonight. And that is my exciting day hahaha! I hope you had a fabulous Friday and I will see you in the morning❣️🙇♀️🥱🛌🌛
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Jan 2, 2026 @ 10:43 Good morning family & friends❣️ I’ve been up for a few hours, working on blog stuff. Gray outside, expected high of 22°F, low tonight of 15°F; right now it’s 18°F with a wind chill of 11°F. And now you know about the weather here in Bay City. No firm plans today, Pete has to do some errands and I am considering going with him but not 100% sure yet, will see how I feel after my shower. There are a couple of things I need that I want to pick out myself but may not be worth it to go out…after all, I was just out of the house on Sunday…🙄 I am excited to work on my next song in my “New-Last-Year Hymnal Project” so there’s that…anyway I will see you later, I hope you have a fantastic Friday❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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UPDATED my Health page! [JesusIsLord]
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Jan 1, 2026 @ 15:09 Good afternoon family & friends❣️ I hope your celebrations – if you celebrate – have been fun. We don’t so anything special, in fact we were asleep at midnight but then I woke up a little after and waited to hear from Casey to make sure her family got home ok from spending the evening with cousins. (They did 🙌.) Today I have been working on some things, of course I slept a lot, then spent time with the PoiBoiz and house stuff…have been working on the blog here for a couple of hours, and, once again, this will be it for the day. You will notice, over the next few weeks, some occasional differences here and there – nothing major – but things such as doing of of my updates and the posts at one time, like this…or the “mini-devo” area above (if you are reading this on my site chia.owly.net)…or perhaps a different type of meme gallery than you were expecting for a particular day. I’m trying to accommodate, as much as possible, the dictates of this TBI. Sometimes some things are easier – or too difficult – or somewhere in-between, and sometimes they’re different. I’ve been trying to fit lots of square pegs in round holes, mentally, and it is exhausting. So I’m going to try going with the flow a little bit more. I DO, however, plan to do the usual things every day; and on those RARE days that I am not, you see a note in this space (on my site). I won’t keep mentioning it but thought I should let you know that I’m not just blowing off my site to spend my day at the beach 😆 or something. Anyway I hope you have a great day and I will see you tomorrow❣️🙌✝️🎶😆🥩🌿💐👴👵🐕🦺🦜
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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…