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Saturday, April 30, 2022

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY JEREMY AND BRITTANY

Happy Anniversary to our son Jeremy and his beautiful wife Brittany. Today they are blessed having traveled to San Diego on the Circle of Excellence trip Brittany won at her place of business! Previously, both she and Jeremy worked for the same company and each of them won the trip. It is a wonderful time. Today they will tour the USS Midway. Jeremy, was a History major so he is very excited to do this.

Six years later and happiness still abounds!

Fun phamily fotos!These two kids had a shared love of their favorite football team, the Denver Broncos. THey have a sweet phamily of three - Addy, Brody and Bake. wishing them many more years of love,laughter and good times.

Friday, April 29, 2022

Feline Friday and Pink Saturday

Feline Friday]

Morris the cat was a rescue who became a star of TV commercials for 9 LIves cat food. Although the original Morris passed away in 1978 at the age of 17, his successors have all been rescue cats just like the orighinal Morris. I had a Morris the Cat t shirt and so did our oldest daughter Noelle. My aunt Ang's sister Rose who lived in Anaheim had a neighbor who worked for the 9 Lives cat food company and gave us each a free Morris t shirt. I have that photo and will have to hunt it up and share it here.

The wonderful thing about Morris is as an advocate for kindness to animals, Morris led the Morris' Million Cat Rescue in 2006 to find felines everywhere to find a home they could call their own.

He also ran for President in 1988 and 2012. Oh Morris, you would have made a fine president.

Pink Saturday

We have high winds and cold air here so I am heading into the kitchen to make a cup of hot tea for my honey and me. Have a wonderful weekend.

Thursday, April 28, 2022

Thankful Thursday

I am thankful I can pray for others. Chelsea, who is a LuLaRoe consultant and mom of two girls is in the hospital. She has the flu. I hope you will pray for her. She is very blessed, besides a wonderful husband, her "Mamacita" is helping her with the girls.The little one has a neurological problem the doctors are trying to diagnose. The older girl is 6 and she is a world class gymnast. Their lives are very busy and this is hard on Chelsea being so sick. Thankful to pray for others and thankful to know this little sweet phamily.

I am thankful I had a carton of heavy whipping cream and I was making the whipped cream to use on my pudding, I was putting the whipped cream into a container when I blob fell on the floor. But it hit my foot and 4 puppies surrounded me to have a sweet feast! I was thankful there was no waste and they had a little treat. Thankful.

These three cuties, Thor, Lulu and Loki came to live with us on this date April 28, 2018. Four years later and they are still here, getting whipped cream and an occasional treat or two. They live a good life and we would never trade them for anything. Thankful.

Jeremy and Brittany will celebrate their 6th wedding anniversary April 30, 2022. Brittany won the Circle of Excellence trip for 2022. Both she and Jeremy have won this trip previously, when Jeremy was employed at the company where Brittany stills works. They flew into San Diego this morning. and are enjoying a luxury trip. Jeremy is excited because they will get to tour the USS Midway and his love of history has made him very excited to do this. He facetimed us earlier tonight and you can be see the San Diego Padres baseball stadium from their hotel window. Thankful they work hard and are blessed to be on this trip during their anniversary week. Prayers for a safe trip home once they are finished with their trip later this weekend.

Thankful for all of you. Colton is traveling to North Dakota for his job. They have been hit with yet another huge snow storm. Please pray for his safety. I watched the two little ones for him and Jacey Tuesday so the day got away from me. It was fun and I was thankful to have Harrison and Shea in our lives.

Please say some prayers for my friend Lynette and her mom Irene. Her mom took a nasty spill and broke her hip. Lynette has been taking care of everything from fighting with the insurance company for therapy and treatment. She is by herself currently so she is exhausted and needs a break plus rest . Lynette is my life long friend. I sent her mom a card and she sent me the sweetest thank you. I had given her a card with Scripture and she said it made her thankful and gave her some encouragement. We live in different times where everything has to be controlled by others. Please pray that Irene gets the treatments she needs.

My cousin Mary was diagnosed with breast cancer and lung cancer. She and her husband Tom are exhausted from fighting with the insurance company over treatments. Wouldn't they realize an Oncologist would be best suited to know what the patient needs? Unfortunately, the ego experience has been around too long and people making these life or death situation treatments for others have to control the situation. Having worked in the medical field for over 30 plus years I have seen this disregard for human life time and time again. This is how I know these politically powerful people don't care about any of us. If they did they would put the insurance companies in their place. But as long as they get what they want when they need it we are kicked to the curb.

Thankful for my faith because in the end none of this will matter. God will win. He will reign supreme and this world will fade away.

Meanwhile I can pray and hope you will do it as well. Thank you.

Thankfulness for all the good things we experience every day.

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Wordless Wednesday

Mackinac Island Michigan

Monday, April 25, 2022

HAPPY TUESDAY

Some oldies but goodies with one of my favorite boys. Leo was such a fan of this fellow when he was small. He loved licking the yogurt or toast crumbs off his face. Still makes me H A P P Y today! He is 6 years old and still loves all the pets.

Although these two favorite fellows are 4 and nearly 3 they still make me smile every single say. They visited this weekend and we were blessed to have lunch with them both Satirday and SONday. The things they say. Brody and Blake took a stroll to Auntie's house to check on Roger. They had gummy life savers. Brody came back and when his mom and dad picked them up he said we need to go to Auntie's and get those squishy candies. Jeremy said they were gone and Brody told him, c'mon dad, he can sneak in the house and get some squishy candy hahaha Jeremy said you can't just go in omeones house when theyre gone, So today I made a spoecial trip to the store. Squishy candy is waiting for their next visit.

I like the light left on for me by my favorite Maker. H A P P Y !

Please have a wonderful and H A P P Y Tuesday. I do have a current address for LaVoice if you would like to send her a card of encouragement. Just email me 53strait@gmail.com. Thank you. H A P P Y to encourage this fine lady.

Oh Maxine, I agree 100 percent! I feel the world is against the older generation and the children. It is frightening really but medicine has lost it's integrity, it's dedication to health and have sold most all of their souls for the almighty dollar. You will never convince me otherwise. It is absolutely frightening. Once in a great while, someone will share a good doctor story. But those are rare. I think we should be able to send them a bill for our wait time.

Oh well, the world will not be here forever so I should not trouble myself with their lack of care and compassion.

"It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. " Charles Spurgeon...

Sunday, April 24, 2022

Aw...Mondays and Love is...

Aw...Mondays I would love to see the inside of this cozy cottage in Carmel, California. DOesn't it look so inviting?

This charming cottage is is New Orleans. I love the happy yellow color and I would love to tour this tiny home.

Avery is an excellent cook. But after working all day long, he does not have much interest in it these days. But Love is...always tells it like it is.

Albert Einstein was a brilliant man. His mind was ahead of the times. I love these quotes which are attributed to him. I hope you will share a Sparks with us all today too.

"Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." Albert Einstein

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. " Albert Einstein

A reminder I do have the correct mailing address for Lavoice is anyone wishes to send her a card. She is in assisted living and not having anyone to talk with or send cards, her niece said she is sad. email me 53strait@gmail.com for her address there, thank you, when she blogged her blog was called Thoughts from Mimi's Corner.