Tuesday, December 1, 2009

ST. TERESA OF AVILA'S PRAYER

I MAY HAVE POSTED THIS BEFORE. IF SO, HERE IT IS AGAIN.

I JUST CAME ACROSS IT TODAY AND I LOVE IT:

"LET NOTHING DISTURB YOU, LET NOTHING FRIGHTEN YOU.

ALL THINGS ARE PASSING AWAY.

GOD ALONE IS UNCHANGING.

PATIENCE OBTAINS ALL THINGS.

GOD ALONE SUFFICES."

I HAVE A FRIEND WITH PANCREATIC CANCER AND I SENT HER A BUNNY SINCE HER NAME IS BUNNY. I CALL THE BUNNY
COMFORT BUNNY AND EVERY WEEK COMFORT BUNNY SENDSS HER SOME WORDS OF COMFORT IN THE E MAIL.

LAST WEEK SHE WENT INTO THE HOSPITAL FOR A NEW TRAIL DRUG FOR PANCREATIC CANCER AND I AM "STORMIN" HEAVEN THAT IT WILL BE THE MIRACLE SHE NEEDS.

LATER THIS PAST WEEK SHE WOUND UP IN INTENSIVE CARE WITH A PULMONARY EMBOLISM. SHE IS NOW HOME. I SAW THIS PRAYER AND DECIDED COMFORT BUNNY WOULD SEND THESE WORDS TO HER.

REALLY, ALL THINGS ARE PASSING. GOD ALONE REMAINS THE SAME IF WE REMAIN IN HIM, WE ARE SAFE AND HAVE ALL WE NEED NO MATTER WHAT BEFALLS US.

THIS WORLD IS PASSING AWAY. GOD MAKES ALL THINGS NEW.

ON A LIGHTER NOTE, I MET GEORGE W.'S BROTHER MARVIN AND HIS LOVELY WIFE MARGARET AT THE DOG PARK. I TOLD HIM HOW MUCH I LOVED HIS BROTHER AND HE THANKED ME! HE SAID, "WE ALL LOVE HIM , TOO!".

WELL, HELLO!!

WHOOPS!












WHOOPS!

Saturday, November 28, 2009

HAIL TO HARRIET

HARRIET DIED TODAY. MEGAN HAD TO PUT HER TO SLEEP THIS MORNING. SHE HAD BEEN IN THE VET FOR DAYS WHERE THEY TRIED LASER THEARAPY AND MANIPULATION TO GET HER BACK LEGS WORKING BUT TO NO AVAIL.

THIS MORNING AS WERE ALL THE OTHER VISITS OVER THE HOLIDAY, HER TAIL WAS WAGGING AS MEGAN CAME INTO THE CAGED AREA. SHE WOULD PUT HER HEAD ON MEG'S LAP AND ACT SO HAPPY TO SEE HER.

THE DOC SAID HE FELT IT WAS TIME. SHE COULD NOT GET UP ON HER OWN AND REALLY COULDN'T STAY IN A KENNEL FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE.

I TOLD HER TO ASK THE VET WHAT HE WOULD DO IF IT WAS HIS DOG. SHE DID AND HE SUGGESTED, IT WAS TIME.

HE HAD TO GIVE HER A LITTLE SEDATION FIRST TO STOP THE TAIL WAGGING AND THE ANXIOUS PANTING.

HOLY GOD! THIS IS TOO SAD AND AS I WRITE, I AM CRYING FOR MEGAN AND HARRIET.

SUCH A LOVING DOG. SHE WAS THERE WHEN MEG'S TWINS WERE BORN PREMATURELY AND HARRIET DEVOTED MANY AN HOUR TO COMFORTING MEGAN WHILE THE GUYS WERE IN THE NICU AND MEG AND BRIAN WERE HOME ALONE WITH OUT THEIR PRECIOUS BOYS.

HARRIET WENT THRU A LOT WITH THE FAMILY AND NEVER STOPPED LOVING THEM AND WAGGING THEM OUT OF THEIR MISERY.

SHE WILL BE MISSED TERRIBLY. AS ALL GOOD DOGS ARE!

SHE IS RUNNING WITH THE WOLVES. NO MORE LEG ISSUES. SHE IS YOUNG AND STRONG AND WILL BE WAITING WHEN THE FAMILY PASSES ON TO OUR HEAVENLY HOME.

SHE HAS JOINED MY BELOVED HUSKIES, TWO AIREDALES, AN IRRITABLE SCHNAUZER, A BEAGLE, AND A LITTLE BLACK MUTT NAMED DAISY.

WHEN I THINK OF ALL THE DOGS I HAVE HAD, THAT'S A LOT OF DOGS TO DEAL WITH IN HEAVEN. BUT I WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT THERE. OF THIS, I AM SURE.

GO IN PEACE, HARRIET. YOU WILL BE SORELY MISSED.

WHOOPS!

Thursday, November 26, 2009

HARRIET

HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY, EVERYONE!

I AM DEDICATING THIS POST TO MY BELOVED GRAND DOG, HARRIET! SHE IS THIRTEEN AND SPENDING HER HOLIDAY IN A CAGE AT OUR WONDERFUL VET'S OFFICE IN ILLINOIS!

HER BACK LEGS WILL NOT COOPERATE AND THEY ARE TRYING TO GET HER TO "GET UP" THRU MUSCLE RELAXANTS AND THERAPY. THE DOG IS AS HAPPY AS A CLAM, TAIL WAGGING A MILE A MINUTE SO NO THOUGHTS OF THE RAINBOW BRIDGE ARE AT HAND.

MEGAN BROUGHT HER A NEW COMFORT TOY AND A BRIGHT BANDANA TO GLORIFY AND BE WITH HER. THE VET IS MAKING SEVERAL TRIPS OVER TODAY TO TAKE CARE OF HER!

I ADORE THIS DOG BECAUSE SHE IS THE MOST LOVING LAB I HAVE EVER MET! SHE IS ALWAYS GLAD TO SEE ME AND SITS OR LIES DOWN ON MY FEET WHENEVER I COME TO VISIT. SHE HAD A MALE DOG FOR A PARTNER FOR MANY YEARS NAMED OZZIE! THUS, HER NAME, HARRIET.

ANYWAY, HERE SHE IS FOR YOU TO SEE. I ADORE ANIMALS. THEY GIVE YOU THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE THAT NO HUMAN IS EVEN CAPABLE OF, IN MY OPINION. AND ALTHOUGH OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS LOVE US TO PIECES, OUR DEAR DOGS JUST KEEP GIVING TIL THE END.

I DO NOT THINK SHE IS IN PAIN. I KNOW MEGAN WILL DO RIGHT BY HER TIL THE END. HOPEFULLY, IT IS JUST A SLIPPED DISC OR PINCHED NERVE. I GET THOSE ALL THE TIME AND SURE WOULDN'T WANT ANYONE PULLING THE PLUG ON ME!

DON'T EAT TO MUCH TURKEY BUT BENEFIT FROM THE TRYPTOPHAN!!!

WHOOPS!





Wednesday, November 25, 2009

TURKEY DAY THOUGHTS

I AM NOT COOKING THIS YEAR. WHOOPS! I AM MAKING MY FAMOUS CHOCOLATE PECAN PIE WITH KALUA! WE ARE GOING TO FRIEND'S HOUSE HERE ON THE ISLAND.

SHE IS DOING TWO TURKEYS FROM THE COOKBOOK: RECIPES FOR HAVING PEOPLE OVER BY PAMELA ANDERSON(NOT THE BIG BREASTED GAL)!


CHECK IT OUT BEFORE YOU DO YOURS THIS YEAR.

MY DAUGHTER IS HOME WAITING FOR HER DEAR 13 YEAR OLD LAB TO EITHER WALK AGAIN OR BE PUT DOWN. GOOD GRIEF. HARRIET'S TAIL IS STILL WAGGING! HOW DO YOU PUT A TAIL WAGGER TO SLEEP?

SHE CANNOT GET UP. THAT IS THE PROBLEM SO THE VET IS TRYING DIFFERENT MEDICINES UNTIL TODAY. IF SHE CANNOT WALK THEN WHAT?


I ONLY HOPE MY TAIL IS WAGGING WHEN THEY PUT ME DOWN! WAGGING ALL THE WAY TO HEAVEN I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED.

WHOOPS! DON'T FORGET TO COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS! AND......KEEP YOUR TAIL WAGGING!

Monday, November 23, 2009

WELCOME BACK, WHOOPSIE!

I'M BACK! IT WAS A LONG SUMMER AND THE BLOG FELL TO THE WAYSIDE. I SPENT THE SUMMER FIGHTING A SPEED LIMIT ON MY STREET UP IN MICHIGAN.

I LIVE ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET THAT IS OFF THE MAIN HIGHWAY NEAR TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN. THE SPEED LIMIT ON HIGHWAY 31 A FEW BLOCKS FROM OUR STREET IS 55 MPH. HIGHWAY 31 IS MAJOR HIGHWAY IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.

MY STREET WHICH RUNS ABOUT 10 MILES PARALLEL TO HIGHWAY 31 IS ALSO 55 MPH. ALTHOUGH IT IS A RURAL ROAD AND THE SPEED LIMIT SHOULD BE 40 MPH OR EVEN 35 MPH, IT REMAINS THE SAME AS A MAJOR HIGHWAY.

MY STREET IS RESIDENTIAL. WALKERS, BIKERS, ROLLER BLADDERS, STROLLERS OF BABIES, DOG WALKERS, ALL WALK AND RUN ON THIS SIDEWALKLESS STREET.

GO FIGURE. WE EXERCISE WHILE TAKING OUR LIVES IN OUR HANDS. TRUCKS, PICKUPS, EVEN RESIDENTS SPEED UP AND DOWN THE STREET ALL DAY LONG. IF THE SPEED IS 55 MPH MOST PEOPLE GO OVER THAT.

AS I WALKED MY LITTLE DOG THIS SUMMER, A GOLDEN RETRIEVER WHO WAS OFF LEAD RAN UP TO ME TO SAY HELLO. THEN THIS GORGEOUS DOG PROCEEDED TO CROSS THE STREET TO JOIN HER OWNER. A TRUCK HAULING A FLATBED CAME SPEEDING BY AND CAUGHT THE DOG UP IN THE AIR AT THE FRONT FENDER AND THEN PROCEEDED TO DRAG THE TERRIFIED DOG UNDER THE AXEL FOR ABOUT FIFTY FEET BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND COME TO A COMPLETE STOP.

I WILL NEVER FORGET THE HORRIBLE , PAINFUL CRIES OF THE DOG AS SHE WRITHED IN THE DITCH ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ONCE FREED FROM THE TRUCK'S CLUTCHES.

THE DRIVER FELT BADLY AND WHEN I SCREAMED AT HIM FOR GOING SO FAST, HE ARGUED: "I WAS ONLY GOING THE SPEED LIMIT , LADY!

THE DOG DIED OF A BROKEN SPINE. AND YES, SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON A LEASH. REGARDLESS, THE SPEED LIMIT IS OUTRAGEOUS. AFTER THAT, I PUT A FLIER IN ALL THE MAILBOXES UP AND DOWN THE STREET TO WRITE TO OUR COUNTY ROAD COMMISSIONER ABOUT LOWERING THE SPEED. WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE A MEETING WITH HIM AND I WANTED THE ENTIRE STREET TO ATTEND. I ENLISTED THE HELP OF A FEW NEIGHBORS TO DISTRIBUTE THE FLIERS.

THE NEXT DAY AFTER HOURS OF DELIVERING THE FLIERS, THE POST MISTRESS INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS ILLEGAL TO PUT FLIERS IN MAILBOXES AND THAT SHE HAD CONVISCATED THEM!

SO OFF WE WENT AGAIN DOOR TO DOOR. WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT FOR THE COUNTY MEETING ONLY TO BE THWARTED BY THE ROAD COMMISSIONER. SOME OF HIS BRILLIANT ARGUMENTS WENT LIKE THIS: SPEED LIMITS DO NOT LOWER SPEED.
IF YOUR DOG GETS HIT, GET ANOTHER DOG! LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT WILL ONLY GIVE YOU A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY!

IF THIS IS THE MENTALITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, NO WONDER OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS IN SUCH A MESS!

ALL WE ASKED FOR WAS SAFETY FOR OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS WHO SHARED THE ROAD WITH THE CARS. SOME HOMEOWNERS ACTUALLY RESENTED THE WALKERS AND BIKERS FOR EVEN USING THE ROAD. WE WERE A NUISANCE TO THEM AND THEIR DEISRE TO GO THE 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT.

TO THIS DAY, THE SPEED ON THIS RESIDENTIAL ROAD REMAINS AT 55 MPH. EVEN AFTER OVER 200 PEOPLE SIGNED A PETITION AND ARE NOW THREATENING LITIGATION.

BOTTOM LINE: THE FOLKS ON THE COUNTY BOARD ARE FARMERS. THEY HAVE BEEN DRIVING THESE ROADS ALL THEIR LIVES AND RESENT WE "SUMMER FOLK" WHO COME ALONG AND WANT TO CHANGE THINGS TO MEET OUR NEEDS.

THEY HAD NO SYMPATHY FOR THE DOG WHO WAS KILLED AND THE FACT THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A HUMAN UNDER THAT AXEL WAS OF NO IMMEDIATE CONCERN TO THEM.

I GUESS WHEN SOMEONE DIES , THEY MIGHT COME BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.

I BOUGHT A DOG STROLLER. MY DOG'S PAWS WILL NEVER TOUCH THE CONCRETE ON THAT STREET. I ALSO PUT IN AN INVISIBLE FENCE ON MY PROPERTY.

MY GRANDKIDS ARE NOT ALLOWED OUT THE FRONT DOOR AND ANYONE CAUGHT PLAYING IN THE FRONT YARD SHALL BE SEVERELY PUNISHED.

GOOD THING THE FUN AT OUR LAKE HOUSE IS IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE WHERE THE LAKE IS.

I HAVE A NEW ATTITUDE TOWARD FARMERS. THEY PROBABLY VOTED FOR OBAMA.

WHOOPS!

Friday, April 17, 2009

MY NEW HOBBY APRIL 17, 2009

I LOVE FABRIC! ESPECIALLY, BATIK!

THESE ARE NEW FABRICS THAT I WILL TURN INTO DAZZLING TABLE LINENS!
I THINK THE FLAMINGOS WILL BE PERFECT FOR A NEW PAIR OF BOXERS FOR MY HUSBAND! I AM SO TIRED OF HIS TIDY WHITY'S!




I LOVE MY NEW SEWING MACHINE! TOMMY TOOK ME TO HER FABRIC STORE AND I PURCHASED THIS CUTE LITTLE PORTABLE! I CAN CARRY IT UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS AND EVEN ON THE PLANE!

I AM THINKING OF STARTING A LINEN BUSINESS. AH, LIFE IS GOOD!
WHOOPS!

Saturday, April 11, 2009

MEGAN'S RACE APRIL 11, 2009

HERE IS MEGAN IN THE SURF!


MY DAUGHTER MEGAN HER NEIGHBOR AND GOOD FRIEND JANE LOVE TO RUN.

RUN JANE RUN. SEE JANE RUN!

WATCH MEGAN RUN! WATCH MEGAN SWIM AND RUN AND BIKE AND SPIN AND YOU NAME IT! SHE CAN DO ANYTHING! SHE IS A MACHINE.