*My thoughts-My Feelings-MyPain-MyBeliefs-My Life-Are Real*

Good Morning! :o) I hope that everyone is feeling fine today! :o) My family and I are so much better now. ;o)
My physical therapist will be coming this morning. It's been awhile, because of me being sick. So, I already know it's going to hurt. :o) I'm ready though, because my body really needs this! :o)

I'll be sending out the Christmas cards today! :o) I had to have my daughter help me....She did the writing on the envelopes, and I wrote on the cards. :o) I have a very hard time writing. Afterwards, we watched a movie together...Wedding Crashers! lol That was funny! :o) I'm hoping that the cards get across the pond before Christmas! :o)
People that really know me, know how much I like to read a lot and learn. It keeps your mind healthy and working too! :o) They also know that I like to read about/learn about different religions. I feel since we all believe in God! :o) I've been learning alittle bit from a friend about the Jewish faith. :o) I really want to thank her! What I learn from her, I tell my daughter, so we're learning together. :o) My daughter is like me as well. :o) I have a lot of respect for her and her family! :o) And I can't wait to learn more! :o)

My memory problems are still a problem! It's the short term memory that I can't remember. I got a comment from someone and she has fibro as well, and has gone through this too. So, I might know what is causing this to happen. I still don't know my phone number! And, a few other things. I have an appointment on Monday to see my arthritis specialist, and I'll talk to him about this. Maybe he can help me. Because this really is becoming a big problem for me in my life and it's effecting my day to day life as well. Not to mention it's a bit odd and scary! My pains, I'm used to, but this I'm not! This takes the front burner right now.
I just want to get something off my chest right now. Not a rant, just want to try and make something as clear as I can. Thats all. :o) Ok, yes, I am a Christian. Does that mean that I have to live my life, and do the same exact things that other's do? In my opinion...No. Again...we are all different, and thats how God made us! Wouldn't it be a boring world if we were all the same? I think it would. :o) Just becouse I choose to write about my life and not "preach" in my journal, doesn't mean that I do not have my faith where it should be, and that I don't have God in my heart or in my life guiding me. I do hope that does make sense. :o)
As for Christmas...I've already wrote my feelings about that, and I stand strong! :o) Give all year! And you don't need to give money....help someone clean there home, help them organize their kitchen, give someone a little bit of your time...that is such a gift right there! Just like when you recive a card in the mail...someone took the time to write, and send it to you! :o) How nice! :o) The act of giving! It's the love thats involved! :o) And thats what God would want us to do....act with love! :o) Don't you think? I do! :o)
I'm done now! :o) I hope I didn't make anyone mad! :o) Thank you all for you kind emails and comments! And God does bless all of us everyday of our lives! :o)

~So Blessed To Be Stressed!~

Good morning! :o) I want to thank all of you so very much for voting for my ex-husband! lol Believe me, when I first seen the video, I about died! LOL :o) He is so funny! :o) Now you see where my daughter gets her sense of humor! And from growing up with my husband and his sense of humor! LOL :o) They all make me laugh, and I just love it so much! :o) You can still vote for him as long as you'd like. I can't remember when my daughter said when the contest is over. :o)
The above photo is my grandson! :o)It's not the Christmas photo's they just had taken. Close enough for me. :o) She added the text to it and emailed it to everyone. :o) So...I just put mine on my journal! :o) I just have to share! :o)

This morning when I woke up, boy do I feel so much better!!! YAY! :o) It's about time! lol I can handle a little runny nose and a little cough...thats nothing to what I did have! :o) To me, I feel 100% better! :o)
I'm going to finish the ending of my last entry...I guess I left ya' hanging. Then tell ya' about my day I had as well. :o) As I was typing, I started to feel odd. I didn't know what from, like what illness was making me feel that way. I was feeling a bit dizzy, disoriented, and just not right at all. So, I hurried up and ended my entry the best I could. My memory really hasn't been up to par at all lately and I'm still having a lot of problems with it. I still can not remember my phone number! :o( Why? There are more things that I can not remember as well. Just don't want to go into them right now. This is scary in a way. I've been praying. Again...I feel there is a reason for this to be happening to me. I just have to accept it. :o)
Ok...I did write down a list of my errends that I needed to get done. My daughter just got up and with the baby. I told her that I had the cell with me. I went ahead and left. I was a bit scared to be by myself. But I felt safer with having the phone. My last stop was Wal Mart. I just got there, and I heard my name and turned around and it was my mom and my sister! Whew! :o) I guess they had called here to see if I wanted to go shopping with them! My daughter told my mom that I had just left! Uh oh! My mom knew where I'd be...and I was...and she found me...and I got a good talken too! I thanked her. :o) Because she was right. So, she and my sister helped me through the rest of the store...I was just in the deli when they found me. I really was very thankful that they did come. :o) I feel that God lead them to me! My mom knew that we were all sick, and she called to ask that question? Plus, I have a hanicap placard, which makes it easy to find my car.
I was there to grocery shop and to find a pair of warmer pj's. I had already made 2 stops before Wal Mart. I stopped at Penny's first to get a pair of pj's that were on sale, and just put them on my card. Then I went to Sally's to get shampoo and conditioner for my hair type. Which will last me a long time. Then I went to Wal Mart. :o) Those other 2 stores are on the way there, or, I could have went to them on the way home. I would have missed my mom and sister. I forgot to turn the cell on and when I came home and walked in...here was my daughter all upset! She was just getting ready to go look for me! :o( She knows whats been going on with me. She gave me a big hug! She didn't know that my mom found me or not! I felt so horrible. :o(
So, I have no idea to what is going on with my memory. I'm feeling fine right now. But...I never know when it's going to kick in, just like yesterday morning! I know I should tell my doctor. But, I also know that all he will do is set up tests, and send me back home. And at times, when this happens to me, I feel like I'm left alone in a place that I don't recognize and have no clue about. Oh well. :o) I know some of the things I've done has made me laugh! In the mornings when I make my coffee, I put cream in it...the other morning, instead of putting the cream back in the fridge, I took it upstairs to the bathroom! LOL After I got up there, I realized that this wasn't right, and came back down and put it where it was suppose to go! lol Geesh! lol :o) Now that was funny! :o) If I don't write certain things down, I will forget...even things like that! :o)
Well...I'm done for now. :o) I still want to thank all of you for your supportive emails and comments! God blesses all of us everyday! :o)

~^~^~^Ready-Set-Go^~^~^~

Well....I am soooo ready to get out of this house! lol :o) Geesh....or I'm going to end up taking root! :o) Don't want that! :o)
Yesterday, my grandson was truly feeling so much better! You want to know how I know this? :o) Because the house and my room looked like a tornado went through it once again! YAY! He's back! :o) Now thats how I like to see him feel! lol When the house is a mess...he's feeling 100% better! lol :o) And was he on one! LOL He has to make up for lost time you know! LOL He's something else! :o)
Everyone else is feeling so much better! Whew! Enough of this nasty stuff! And last night...I was starting to feel better, but only had a cough...yay! :o) This morning thats all I have, is a nasty little cough! About time! :o)

I'm so backed up with so many things I really need to get done. So, I'm hopping that I can get them done today. I'll start out early so I can get most or all of it done so I can get back home to rest so I don't wear myself out again. :o) I don't want to press my luck!
I'm going to need to write a list...if I don't, I'll forget why/what I went out for! LOL I was that way yesterday! I don't know why. I'm really having a hard time remembering things. It has to be the fibro fog. I'll blame it on that! lol I was calling in a prescription and for the life of me, I couldn't remember my phone number! My daughter had just called me on her cell, so I redialed that number, and I asked her what it was! She said it so fast, I tried to write it down, but it was so fast, I couldn't. Now that really bothers me. I still can't remember it. She programed it into my cell. So when I'm out, I know how to call home. I feel so childish when this stuff happens. I don't know if I'll get that part of my memory back or not. It is kind of scary in a way, like what else will I forget. But...I'm not going to dwell on that, I'm going to keep trying to figure out a way to remember things in an easier way for me. :o)

So...today should be a bit of a challange for me. lol :o) We'll see! :o)
I watched a movie last night that I've really wanted to see for awhile. Walk The Line! :o) I loved it! :o) I have a wide range of music that I like to listen to, and when I was young, Johnny Cash is who I listened to. :o) They did a great job sounding just like him and June Carter. :o)
I wish my daughter was awake. :o) I could use her help right now. :o) I could go and wake her up, but she's taking care of the baby, and is worn out! lol I honestly don't know what's going on with me. I feel 99.9% better from that cold/flu! Something seems to be going a bit haywire on me. Don't know what it is. Doesn't feel like a seizure. In fact, I don't feel anything wrong. I think I'll call my husband. Please pray for me.
Thank you all for everything that you all say and do for me! God blesses us everyday!

~Something very different-and need your help!~

This video is my daughter's dad! :o) We all love Trans-Siberian Orchestra! :o) He's a huge fan! He's trying to win a bass from the band. He really is good at playing the bass! :o) He has made a video for you to vote on his video! :o) If he gets enough votes, he will win the bass! :o)
Believe it or not...lol...I'm helping out my ex-husband here....so lets all help him win! :o)

*****EDIT***** Go here and below the video are red stars. Click on them to vote! :o)

Please....don't take life for granted.

I haven't been able to write in my journal until now. Too shaky to type much. :o) I'm giving it a try this morning! :o) I get on line in the mornings to check my email, then I'm off and in bed the rest of the day. I am so weak. LOL My grandson is getting so much better! I'm so glad to see that. :o) He's litterally up and running around again! :o) Bless his heart! :o) Today, they are going to get their Christmas pictures taken! :o) I can't wait to see them! Of course when they do get them I will post them on here! :o) I just have to share! :o)
My daughter has gotten better as well. :o) My son got what ever this is too. Saturday, my husband said that he started feeling like something just hit him right out of the blue! I told him that, thats how this stuff hit me too! He's drinking a lot of water....and I am pumping the vitamins and water! :o) Last night, he came in here to tell me something, and he sat his water down, and we both forgot who's was who's! lol So..we just got new one's! lol :o) We didn't want to spread what we both have to each other! :o) He sounds better this morning. :o) He has asthma and was coughing a lot last night.

It is pretty cold here, it says it's 13 degrees out! Good grief! When my son came down to go to work, he told me the wind chill factor was -3 Whew! I haven't even started shopping yet. Oh well. We are only getting our grandson gifts this year anyway. Things that he needs. Our children are old enough, and they know the real meaning of Christmas. :o) We give them each a gift card or something like that, that they can use. Nothing big. Christmas is to celibrate the birth of Jesus. Every year, on Christmas eve, I've always read to my children from the Bible the birth of Jesus. That way, so they would know, and to never forget what Christmas was all about. ;o) This time of year, it seems that everyone/everything is going so fast! It should be the oppisite. Slow down, and take the time to be with your family. Why does Christmas make it any different then any other month or day out of the year to give? And it doesn't have to be money. It can be a hug, a blanket to keep warm, something that is needed, not wanted. Thats why I always say, not to take life for granted. All I want for Christmas is to see smiles on my families faces! :o) Thats it! And that will make my heart warm! Thats all I need! :o)
Thank you all for your supportive emails and comments! :o) God blesses all of you! :o)

Put me out in the pasture.....!

Good morning. :o)
Yesterday was not a good day weather wise! Wow! I think the whole country got hit with at least something! I know we had warnings with almost everthing you could imagine! My computer is set up to the weather for this city and I get the weather on my bar on the bottom and in email...this morning when I got on...I had 37 emails just from the weather warnings! It's 23 degrees out now! No more warm weather.
I've been taking vitamins and getting rest. When I woke up yesterday, I wasn't feeling too bad. Thought I could kick what was coming on. Keyword was thought! :o) As the day progressed, so did how I felt! It hit me so fast, I was down in minutes! Now I know how my poor grandson feels! And how he felt when it hit him as well! I've got the shakes because I'm so weak, and I can't seem to get warm, and my nose won't stop running and I keep having sneezing attacks! Good Grief! lol :o) I'm old, I'm sick and I tried to fight it off and it got me!

I just can't believe how many times I've been down with something! lol I was hoping I would be able to get out of the house this weekend. Doesn't look like it.
My husband will be going to the store this morning, so I'll ask him if he could get me something for this nasty cold/flu whatever it is. I know between my grandson and I yesterday, we went through 3 boxes of tissues! I hope my husband doesn't get this. When he came home from work last night...lol...he walked in here, and I was sitting in my bed, and every morning I'm up when he goes to work, and I wasn't as sick when he went to work. He looked at me, and looked again, and said with concern, "What happen? Are you alright?" I guess I looked like I'd been crying all day or something...lol....then he came all the way in and sat on my bed! :o) Then he could see why I looked like I did! lol :o) He said that he's going to have to put me out in the pasture, because he doesn't know what else to do with me! lol :o) Without thinking, I reached for a hug, and he jumped back...lol...and I forgot that I was contageous! So I told him then get off my bed! LOL :o) He didn't! :o) And I'm glad he didn't. It's nice to have him in here when he's not busy. :o) He did say that he worry's about me. And that I need to stay in bed and just rest. I have no choice this time. :o)
I do need to go...need to get rest, and before he see's me! LOL Just kidding! :o)
Thank you all for your comments! :o) And God bless all of you! :o)

~A video of my son playing in the band, turn down the sound lol~

Finally got it! This is what my daughter took the same night she took the photo's! :o) I'm letting you know know, they play rock music, but this video isn't as bad as it could have been! :o) They're just jamming! :o)

Introducing....n.d.e.x.    YAY! :o) Jason on the drims!