'E" is for Emergency and Other Fun FIlled Valentine's Day Treats

Ah....Valentine's Day! some love it, others think it is too commercial. I enjoy it because I have a special someone to share it with and it is a heartful month with the reminder to check your heart, especially ladies!  I chose "E" for Emergency because of last night. Heart attacks for men are quite classic episodes. Griping chest pain, sweating, nausea and vomiting. Women the attack is more subtle jaw and arm pain. This is something I experienced after dinner last night. Grateful for the new emergency hospital five minutes from my home. I was there from 9 P.M. to 1:30 A.M. I feel very badly for my honey. He is working alone today until 3 P.M. when his other co worker comes in. Oh there are people who can pitch in and help but when it comes to their primary job he and Tony and Geraldine are masters at it!

I sent my sweet hubby home at midnight where he had 90 minutes of rest until he had to come back for me. I had a new blood test that can show heart muscle damage. Problem is they have to run it twice within two hours of each other and I was very grateful. It came back normal both times. I was told if it occurred again to go right back to the ER. Otherwise I will my doctor Friday and go from there. I also had a low potassium level . It is what it is. I just need to take it easy and slow down a bit.

This Love is...says it all.

Some days Maxine just tells it like it really is!

Say a prayer for this girl Layla. She is a boxer who belongs to Roger and Noelle. She got really ill really quickly and last night went to the Vet. She has kidney failure. She is resting comfortably there today as she needed surgery. Her cohort Trek is miserable at home without her. He is not a male dog person and does not play well with them but Layla, he loves this girl, even when he steals her treats. she is my share for my late Tuesday Show and Tail because I was hooked up to an assortment of machines at the ER so could not finish this post timely.

A gentle Valentine's Day reminder. May your day be beautifully blessed.

"D" is For Dogs Blue Monday Aw...Mondays

How about a few "dogs" to enjoy for my Alphabet share and also for Sandee and everyone who celebrates Aw...Mondays every week. These two are just about as cute as you can get.

A little humor for our men and women in "blue" for Blue Monday.

Please go here: Blue Monday and check out some of the Blues because Jeanne our former Blue Monday hostess had to give it up due to internet woes. Jeanne is one of the remarkable bloggers I met here. She has a caring heart and when our dear friend Sally passed away Jeanne took over Blue Monday.  I hate to see here go. Lots of folks are leaving blogging for various reasons and I just want to blog. I hope many of you will still stop by here. I sure appreciate each one of you and love your comments. I am slow getting around to all the blogs but am organizing them so I can get to you more quickly. There was a time I followed hundreds of blogs and so many just left without a word, many passed away and others had no desire for it. I feel it is a journal in a way for me. I look back and think , I wonder how I managed to get through that. With all of you. Thank you. May blessings cone to you today.

"C" is for Child and Other Friday Fun

Nick holding tiny Harrison James last year when he was a tiny child! Today he turned one.

Grandmama I really don't see the need to wear shoes! This photo was taken 5 days ago.

Harrison's most unfavorite word " N O "! He is quite dramatic too. Perhaps he will do some acting later in life.

We were sharing an Opal apple. He is saying "Grandmama, my apple, please". He loves crunching apple bites with his sharp little teeth. It is hard to believe he is already one. It was just yesterday we were waiting for him to make his appearance into the world.

The letter C is for child.

Little boys are treasures
Who are worth their weight in gold
And charm everyone around them
From the time they're hours old

They're mommy's little darling,
A special pal to dad,
And they bring the very happiest days
A family's ever had!

Author Unknown

Although Harrison James is one year old today and he is a bouncing boy with big blue eyes here is a poem about Pink just for Beverly and the Pinkies!

What is Pink?
~Christina Rossetti

What is pink? A rose is pink
By the fountain's brink.
What is red? A poppy's red
In its barley bed.
What is blue? The sky is blue
Where the clouds float through.
What is white? A swan is white
Sailing in the light.
What is yellow? Pears are yellow,
Rich and ripe and mellow.
What is green? The grass is green,
With small flowers between.
What is violet? Clouds are violet
In the summer twilight.
What is orange? Why, an orange,
Just an orange!

Balloons for Harrison in blue and the Pink Saturday folks in Pink!

I am not sure what kind of birthday cake Harrison will have tomorrow at his party but I would choose this one for him. Nothing like Tigger and Pooh wishing you a Happy Birthday!

I sure love my BoJon Heritage and all the collection of characters in my phamily . We are all very blessed.

Thursday Thoughts and More

I don't like social media,  I see so much negativity. I will get that out of the way right here and right now. I think our health care system stinks! I just had a very annoying experience at my providers office. It seems to me, doctors just don't care anymore.

I wanted to feel worse than I already do but then I saw one of our pastors in a brief clip sharing one of his sermons. He talked about being God's perfect creation. Of course, we are on a lifelong journey but these words I am going to carry everywhere I go.

I like these words from that Scripture best:

Hebrews 10:14New American Standard Bible (NASB)

14 For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are [a]sanctified. 

Anyone with a chronic illness can relate to this. I am blessed not to have any. 

Bicycle Fence. I have not had a chance to visit with Theresa at Good Fences so I found this unusual fence made with bicycles. I thought it was different and wanted to share it. Google has lots of fun things to share!

Here is another one. It is cute but not very practical. I thought the bicycle fences would make a good alphabet share too for the letter 

I hope you will stop by again very soon. I am trying to post here as often as I can. Sometime life just gets in the way. So I will do my very best. Have a wonderful day.

WEDNESDAY

It is Wednesday and I can not really say how Monday and Tuesday got away from me! I had a nice post for Aw...Mondays, a Blue Monday share, and some other assorted things to share but life happens as they say!

I feel absent this week! So I am trying to make up for it here today. Yesterday the hubby took an entire day off work to work on the commodes in our two bathrooms. We received a letter from the city stating there is continuous  running water and they have been monitoring it since November 2016 They will charge us a much higher sewer charge if we do not take care of it. Politicians! U G H ! But my honey fixed them and so far we do not see any problems. I like the letter "A" as my first name begins with this awesome letter. I also thought being absent was a good choice to start my Alphabet Share today.

  I won this pretty art piece in a giveaway hosted by Jemma. it was sent to me by the artist Darren Gygi.

23 But refuse foolish and ignorant speculations, knowing that they produce [a]quarrels. 24 The Lord’s bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged,

I thought this Scripture was a perfect fit. where has kindness gone in this world? We need more of it.

I read both of the books written by W. Bruce Cameron. The first one was given to me by a dear friend Myra. I loved the book more but the movie was sweet , the pets were delightful. I heard lots of bad rumors that someone saw animal abuse while filming. According to the books author and Dennis Quaid, the human star of the show, neither one saw this inappropriate behavior. I feel like this, if you saw it happening, why wait until the film's release until you shout it from the mountaintops? I think today people are so use to seeing others get their five minutes of fame, they think they deserve it too. Nonetheless, we enjoyed the movie and the various dogs who were in it. The books are very heartwarming. I recommend lots of Kleenex while reading them.

I have a Well Woman Check today with a new provider. When I called to schedule one, I told the gal helping me  I did not know who to see since my doctor does not do well woman checks. She suggested a brand new provider named Erin who is loved by many patients already. She got me in in three days! So I am going there shortly. I dread these appointments as well as dental appointments. I have a broken tooth, a possible cavity and need a cleaning. I already told the dentist I refuse to pay for his son's medical schooling! He is a very good dentist but his office is on the other side of town! It is worth the drive as he is honest and friendly and does a great job.

We are both Colorado natives. My dad was very proud to be one and we once gave him a T shirt bearing that. Colorado weather can change in a minute. Sunny skies yield to rain or snow or sleet or hail! We can have 60 degree temps today and a blizzard tomorrow. It is always a roll of the dice! Today we have temps in the 50's with wind, lots of wind!

We weren't fans of either team in Super Bowl 51 but we donned our Bronco tie dye shirts and watched the game. We have new tie dyed shirts coming for next season.

This Rogers Hornsby quote really gets me! Now I am dreaming about baseball, warmer weather and lots of gardening. Enjoy your day and may many blessings come to you. I will be catching up with comments left at my blog later today. Can't be late for my doctor appointment.

Tuesday Time

I miss Angela at https://wvtreasures.blogspot.com/. She use to host Tuesday Show and Tails. She is an awesome breast cancer survivor and her life became so busy that she gave up this precious Tuesday smile. I am going to try to post my favorites here on Tuesday and change my blogging posts a bit. I tend to post A L O T ! So I am going to move some of the things I share around. This photo of Leo is a favorite, For a huge pet he is quite kind and as long as he can scout out the rabbits running wild and chase them through the yard he is a happy camper. My niece Mary in California, raises "rabbit pets" and even she is not a fan of the wild ones running everywhere. I read that a female can produce as many as 29.4 babies in one breeding season! These naughty rabbits are still running wild in my neighborhood. They love to taunt Leo and we have locked them out from under our front porch. Now to remove their colony from under our backyard shed. We do this humanely so no one is harmed, But we still see them scurrying about searching for food and shelter and the city is no help at all controlling their population.

Love is.. always makes me smile.

Maxine is right on this one! One more week of snowy cold weather and I would be delirious too!

Have A Blessed and Beautiful Week

Anytime I read Scripture in the Book of James I remember my father and how he truly lived all the things he read here.

I was raised to be kind. My folks were shining examples of  kindness . I went to school with other kids, primarily BoJons, like myself and Mexican kids. We all had fathers who worked, for the most part, in the C F and I Steel Corp. My friend Karen's father, born in SLOVEnia known as Yugoslavia, long ago, he worked in the meat packing plant.  It was another place of employment that lots of dad's enjoyed benefits for their phamilies and good wages. We formed bonds with the kids we attended school with. Life was simple, we were happy. We did not go home and listen to hateful talk. We lived simple lives, filled with much love and kindness. We knew nothing about prejudice. I am grateful I try to hang on to those values. It is not easy, there is a lot of dissension everywhere and sometime even those we love best  follow the popular choices even if they are the wrong ones.

 Your actions always reflect who you really are. It is often difficult to be kind.Much of the media shows the world filled with meanness, division, hatefulness.  I trust God. I pray. I don't want to see people hurting each other. I want to see us all come together and work for the good of our nation.

Knowledge is great! But we often speak before we think.  We should all learn to be a little kinder.

Garfield is not  fan of the icy cold winters. He likes to sleep in the sunshine. We just finished round two of a big cold front . Now some sunshine. Always grateful for the sun shining.

Now that football is winding down and my team isn't going to the Super Bowl so I am thinking about Springtime and baseball.

My grandmother had these photos and most of them were not dated or noted who was in the photo. This is an unknown phamily around 1932.

Scripture makes me happy.

Aw...Mondays - these cats are so funny! I hope you stop by with Sandee and say hello.