Here it is just past the middle of July.  I'm still sick.  The sinus infection has "gone"?  I have much chest congestion and am coughing, or more like barking, day and night.  I've been under the weather for over a month now.  I'm tired!!!  In fact yesterday, Sunday, after eating breakfast I laid on the couch and slept for about an hour.  I then watched a Disney movie.  Around noon Paul asked what I wanted for lunch & said I wasn't hungry.  I was up for a few minutes.  I then sat in the recliner & turned on the massager.  I was asleep in no time & didn't wake until 1:40.  I felt a little better then.  But the coughing kept me up most of the night.  I'm afraid I kept Paul awake too.  Sorry honey!! :-(

We've had roof issues for a while now.  There's a small closed in porch & when it rains hard it will drip from the ceiling.  About March it started dripping in the upstairs bathroom.  We used wastebaskets & such until the end of May.  Over Memorial Day weekend Paul removed the ugly bathroom linen closet.  In doing so part of the wall/ceiling came down.  You've got to remember the house is 100 years old & plaster/lathe which easily crumbles.  We used some plastic to plug the hole when we were having rain & it worked OK.  The 1st Sunday in June Paul asked our pastor if he'd look at the roof & give an estimate.  Our pastor does construction, like building houses & remodeling, as a full time job so this was right up his alley.  He said he'd look at it that same week. 

Here it is some 6 weeks later & he still hasn't been to our house.  Paul emailed him twice to see when he'd come over and no response.  UGH!!  I'm sure he is busy.  I understand that.  What I don't understand is not following through on what he said he would do.  And I don't understand why he won't respond to the emails.  Even if he'd call or email & say he's just to busy to give an estimate that would at least be something.  Paul is more than a bit "put out" by all of this.  I don't blame him.  I just don't understand how a Christian brother, a pastor, can act this way.  Very sad...

Effective this week, 7/16/12, my hours have  been cut to 32 per week.  I run a women's health program that is funded by the government.  The number of women I can screen this year is less than previous years.  The anticipated income for this fiscal year isn't even enough to cover my hourly wage for the year.  So, I had to cut hours and will have to cut expenses.  The bad part is Paul & I were just squeaking by at 40 hours/week so this will really impact us.  This is why I haven't yet been to the doctor, for the 3rd time, to see about my cough. 

Believing God because He is the great I AM!!!!

Another day, another post!  I went to my 35 year high school reunion on Friday, 7/6.  The last time I went was to the 10 year.  Many of the people still acted like they did in high school.  That's part of the reason it took me so long to attend.  The other thing that factored into my absence was that I'd gained lots of weight.  I was heavy in school, but heavier now.  I assumed people would talk.  There was another reason to finally go and it was because after the 30 year reunion 3 classmates died.  All battled cancer.  I decided I didn't want to regret not going to see those familiar faces from the past. 

Paul & I arrived about an hour after it started & stayed only 2 1/2 hours.  It was so hot...100 outside & probably close to the inside.  Hopefully next time we'll be in a cooler location.  Even in the heat it was fun to see everyone.  Some looked the same, except for gray hair or a few wrinkles.  Others I didn't know & had to ask someone else to tell me who they were. 

I got in touch with a friend after the 30 year.  I asked how it went & she said she was sorry I wasn't there.  She also said it was like being in high school because the "popular kids" couldn't be bothered to come over to where she & others were sitting and talk to them.  While I understood I wondered why they just didn't get up & mingle.  I can understand why the popular kids hung together because they knew each other best while in school.  Makes sense, right?  As I pondered this before the 35 year reunion I decided to go into the event to have fun, to enjoy the company of those who I connect with and to let go of the idea that life still revived around the popular kids. 

I'm actually looking forward to the 40 year!

A woman at church & I have been friends for about 4 years.  When we don't connect at church for a couple of weeks I will send an email or message on Facebook.  I let her know I'm thinking of and praying for her.  She will respond and end most messages with "love you" or "hugs".  I will sometimes get requestes from her in regard to a situation that needs prayer.  But that's the only time I ever hear from her.  She has never initiated an email or FB message just to say "hi or I'm thinking about you". 

So, is this really a true friendship???  I realize the answer is NO.  And I've come to the conclusion that while I feel short-changed, I can't change her.  I haven't initiated any correspondence with her for almost 2 months and in that time she hasn't written me.  One-sided friendship is really no friendship at all.
 

Seems it's time for another post.  It has been awhile, but since no one knows I'm writing this it's no big deal. 

I have a sinus infection and been under the weather.  It's not fun, but not complaining because it could be worse.  There are many more people who are chronically ill and suffering pain that a little sinus trouble seems so very minor in comparison.

Sunday, June 24th, is a worship night at church.  In addition it will be an evening of prayer.  My pastor asked me to talk on praying for one another from Ephesians 6:18.  He said 2 others would be speaking on different aspects of prayer.  He didn't give me any further instruction.  So, since the 10th I have been praying, studying and meditating on the subject.  Some thoughts are formulating.  My hope is that one of the other speaks will go ahead of me.  Going first is always hard.

Writer's block

After deciding to write a blog and acutally having a couple of entries I suddenly got writer's block.  It's not that I didnt' have anything to write, because I had plenty.  It was that after reading what I had posted I wondered if I was good enough.  Silly, huh?  There are not set standards for blogging.  I didn't have to take classes or pass a test.  And I'm delighted to say I didn't have to do a term paper for someone to grade.  And it wasn't so much about grammar and composing sentences.  It came down to:  would anyone think my blog was worth reading.  Then I decided it really didn't matter.  My entries are to find a way to express what is on my heart and if no one else reads them...so be it. 

Ah, sweet relief  :-)

Here is my 2nd post.  I've taken the plunge.  Well, OK, so I'm only standing in an inch of water, but entry by entry I'll wade deeper into the blog pool.  :-) 

Some of my entries will be about my Lord and Savior.  Some will be on my daily life with Type 2 diabetes and newly diagnosed osteoarthritis (degenerative arthritis) in both knees.  Some posts will be musings, random thoughts, and ideas about life. 

Today my only thought is:  Thank You Lord for your grace poured into my life in such abundance that it overflows.  Amen

The beginning...

I read blogs and know several people who have their own.  I decided to give this a try.  I'm not sure where this will go, but it will be a joyful ride.  Would you like to join me?