Flip Fun Continues

and finally this one. I made some others but I put Cowboy Junkies Music in the background so YouTube won't let me use them.:(
This one is of the cats grooming one another, too cute, huh?

More Flip Fun

This in Maria playing with the ball in the yard and Betty.

Fun with the Flip!

I've been playing with the movie mix feature on my Flip, here ya go, enjoy

Stitches out

Sorry I didn't get to this sooner. Yes I did get my stitches out on Wednesday and I talked to the MD about what is going on. To my great surprise, he was not surprised. He said it happens like this sometimes, that it takes longer for one to heal than it does the other. He also said sometimes getting the stitches out will help as they may be pulling at the tendon. He said it is not time to worry yet; he will give another month and see me again. I go back on the 19th of August.
I do some a slight improvement with the stitches out but am actually having more numbness than before. So, I guess we will see.




I do feel less bummed than before; the Lord has been, as always faithful in putting just the right passages from His Word, and my daughter has been an encouragement as well, though I doubt she knows it. I thank God daily for the blessing of my family, I don't know what I would do without them, and I hope I never have to find out.

Slipping Odd Peaches

We have an orchard here locally that has wonderful peaches. I almost always forget to get out and get some before it is too late or I don't have the money to get any. I heard on the news that the peach crop was early and plentiful this year and decided since I am on this new diet I must get me some. So I went out and there on Tuesday and the lady running the stand talked me into trying white nectarines; delicious! So I got a box of them, a box of peaches and a box mixed with all three. The majority of them ready to eat. Now I had a problem, I was still operating one handed for the most part and needed to get them ready to freeze.
I stopped by my mom's house because she lives near the orchard, and asked her it she had some time to come and help me. She agreed once she realized what a hard time I was having with my hand. So she came over and manned the slipping of the peaches and nectarines and I cut them up. It took us over two hours, all of which we were on our feet. We ended up with 20 bags of peaches and nectarines; each holding about 2 cups. When Mom got done with her job, she came to help me cut up. She also did the dishes after. I don't know how she did it because I was in agony by the time we were done with fruit! My back is still hurting. It really frustrates me that 64 (and older) women can run circles around me, but I digress. Mom held back some of the bounty to take home with her and of those there were these in the videos she just had to keep for the sheer oddness of them. I don't know what to call the one but the other is easy as you will hear in the video.
Anyway, thanks Mom!

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Looking up

Psalm 17:15

As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness.

These words have been ministering to my spirit over the last few days and even more so today. If you read the whole chapter you will see he is praying about vindication from his enemies and this is the end of his prayer. If David, before Christ's birth, could be confident of his salvation; how much more so can I be! David didn't have anything but the Law to reveal God to him, yet he knew God was merciful. When David doubted God he was quite vocal about it but he always came back to the knowledge of God's faithfulness.
Once again, God's Word speaks to me where I am at, even though I am following a reading plan, it is not greater than God's plan.
Thank You Lord God, for Your faithfulness to me, even when I am railing about my circumstances. Thank You God that I can be confident in Your salvation, that though I may long for wholeness, obliteration of my enemy (pain) I can be confident that I will be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness. Amen

Stumbling and Bumbling

Image by Kurt Halsey
Today I get my stitches out. By this time after the first surgery I was feeling so good about it, but not this time. I will be glad to have them out, but I am not glad about the slow progress I am making. I still have quite a bit of pain. Not severe like most of my pain, as long as I don't do stuff like try to close the car door with it and dumb stuff like that. What concerns me is that along with the pain, there is still some numbness and and use causes pain to radiate up my arm. This did not happen with the first surgery. I had minimal pain by the time my stitches came out and could use my hand quite a bit by then. I am also struggling more with energy than before. I just don't feel rested when I wake up since the surgery.I don't know if I am experiencing a Fibromyalgia flare or what the deal is.
I am so frustrated and depressed and I feel like a big liar when people ask how I am doing and I say OK but I know most people don't want the dramatic response of the truth of what I am going through. I don't mean that I think they don't care, just that it isn't the right situation for detail. I usually get asked when I am at church and feel crowded and pressed for time. I thought about asking the church office to send out prayer request but haven't because I think people would think I am a liar. Phew.
Pity part over;time to get on with my day. Thanks for letting me vent on you internet.