Hello

Hello to all. I hope your day has been good. Mine has been good except for the fact that B.J.'s blood sugar has been down a little and she has been shaky and not feeling well on and off for the last 24 hours or so. I have decided to take her to the doctor first thing in the morning while fasting, and have some tests run and have her checked out, and while there I will be checked as well, and find out why my feet have been hurting especially at night when I am trying to sleep.

We had a good time at church this evening. After services we had a devotional, with beautiful singing and talks and prayers. Then after that we socialized and ate finger foods. I am stuffed. But had a good time. I wasn't planning on staying for the devo and all, but B.J. started not feeling well, so I stuck around to see if she got to feeling better after she ate, which she did, then she got a stomach ache. So other than that all was great. Food, Friends, and the Lord, what a great combination!

Well, that about does it for now.
May God bless us all,
Judy

Hello my friends!

Well, hello my friends from blog land. Just a little post to let you all know that I am doing well. The week has been a pretty good one, and the family is all healthy. The only problems I seem to keep having is my feet have been aching real bad especially during the night to where I haven't been sleeping to well. If it keeps up I will have to go to the doctor even though I hate to go. But when the pain wakes me up from a sound sleep and keeps me from going back to sleep than it is about time to go anyway.

I have been working on my entry room of my house, and added something to my wall. Here is a picture of it.

This shot is what you would see as you come into my house straight on.

This is a closer look at it as well as the memorial of John that was given to my husband and I for Christmas the year that John passed away.And this is from the hallway to the main part of my house. We live in a double wide modular home that we have been remodeling and adding onto. Sometime I will post some old pictures of the house and then some newer pictures of what it looks like now. But that will come later.

Well, it is time for me to go fix some supper. Hope you all have a great day.

God bless,

Judy

Hello

Hello friends out there in blog land. Things are going okay here, I am just helping my friend a few nights a week now, and I do miss it, but I am glad they are able to take care of themselves more now. I am back to knitting and crocheting again, I have finished 3 baby afghans this summer, and have another one started. I have also done a couple of dish clothes for myself. So I stay busy doing something.

I don't hear from Becky much anymore, I guess she is mad at me for not getting her stuff moved out of her old place for her. But I guess that is her right to her emotions. I have just decided that I will be here for her emotionally, but she needs to take care of her own business, and not rely on me all the time. I breaks my heart to have to be so tough on her, but if I don't I am afraid that she will not learn how to take care of herself. And if somethings happens to me, then where will she be. I don't know, I still get real confused about how to help her and make sure she is self reliant, so that she doesn't have to depend on anybody else. I can only pray that God guides me along where she is concerned.

B.J. is doing well, she will be starting school in a few weeks. She will be a Freshman in High School (9Th grade) this year. She is nervous about starting the High School years, but I know she will be fine as long as she tries hard and does her best. She has already befriended a nice Christian young lady from Church that is a little over a year older than she is. And I trust this girl, so I pray they develop a strong Christian friendship. I am very proud of how she is growing up. I pray she continues to keep her head on straight, so to speak, and does well, and stays out of the trouble scene that her sister was so attracted to. She is way to smart to not take advantage of the opportunities for education that are out there. If she continues to do well, she can do so much with her life and have all she wants in life. That is my hope and prayers for her.

My husband is doing okay, and is still hanging on. He works and takes care of us, and I just pray he is dealing with John's death too. He talks about John, and all, but he won't talk about his feelings about it all. He tends to bottle his emotions up inside, always has, and that worries me. But all I can do is to be here for him when he is ready to talk.

So, that about does it for now. I have things to do, and it isn't going to get done with me pounding away on this keyboard. HAHA! Life goes on, and what matters is what we do with it as we go on our way through it. I personally intend on living life, and remembering my son, and knowing that he is where he is supposed to be and so am I.
God Bless you all,
Judy

Another gorgeous day.

Well, it has been a great day. The sun has been shining, and even though it has been hot, the humidity level hasn't been so bad. God has blessed us with a beautiful day! Thank you, God!

I am still helping my friends at church, but their health is getting better and it won't be to long until they won't need me so much anymore. I will miss the time with them a lot, but am proud to have helped out when they needed me to.

My oldest daughter isn't talking to me much, she is still angry because I didn't help her out again. She wanted me to go to her old place and get her stuff and store it for her until she could get it, but I decided it is time for her to do for herself instead of depending on me and my husband to take care of her business for her. I pray one day she will understand, but I am trying not to worry about it so much. She causes a lot of sleepless nights for me, and I am tired of her blaming me for her bad choices, after all she is 19 1/2 years old now, time to be an adult and take care of herself. I could use some prayers for this situation, that is for sure.

My husband and I are doing well, we still take time for us and to laugh and talk. I think that is why we get along so well, you think? B.J. is fine and enjoying the summer almost to much. She came home with quite a sunburn today from her friends house today. They ran out of suntan lotion, and still stayed outside in the pool. I have a feeling she will be in a world of hurt by morning I imagine.

Well, that is about it for now.
God Bless,
Judy

Yeah, internet!

Hello all, we have our new modem and Internet is working again, YEAH!!! Things are well here, I had a long day helping my friends, they had 3 Dr. appointments between the two of them today, so it was 8 hours of riding from one doctor to another, as well as getting some personal business done as well, one of which was going to my service provider and giving them the old modem and getting my new one. It was a long day, but it was fun too. I so enjoy these two ladies, and their sense of humor is outstanding. They keep me laughing, and I really enjoy their company.

B.J. had a friend over last night, and they were very good while I was gone today. It is a great to know that I can trust her while I am out, something that was very hard for me to do with my older 2 children when they were her age. She is now over at her friends house, probably swimming, and I am glad she has great friends that I like, and don't mind having around. Another thing that I couldn't do with Becky and her friends.

Speaking of Becky, she is still up to the same old stuff, wanting me to solve her problems that she gets herself into. But I have decided that since she can't do things in a way that I approve of, then she can handle her own mess. It breaks my heart, and sleep sometimes is hard for me because of worrying about her, but I know in my heart and head that sometimes you just have to say, you did it, you fix it by yourself because I have helped as much as I can and I won't anymore. Sometimes it is really hard to be a parent, but you just have to put your trust in God and let him deal with them as they find their way in life. I just pray she lets the Good Lord back into her heart and let him guide her to a better life.

I am doing okay, my sugar level is doing good, I think I have it pretty much under control now. I do have to watch it, as well as my diet, and it does get off some if I get lax in my eating habits or exercise, but I am trying hard, and feel better for it. I have been having some foot pain, but since I got some of the inserts for my shoes, they are feeling some better. I guess I need to go get some new shoes before long if that is all it took to make it better. I just hate to buy for myself sometimes.

Well, I will post again soon, or as time permits anyway. So until next time, may God bless all of you.
Judy

Will be offline for a while.

Hello all, things are going okay here. Still helping my friends from church. Our Internet is down for a few days and won't be up for a few more days, so I am not going to be online much. I will be checking my emails at my parents house every couple days, but blogging will be limited, so don't worry I will be back as soon as I can. Take care and God Bless,
Judy

I am still here!

Hello all. Hope everyone in blog land is doing well. I am doing fine, and am still around, just not online to long at a time because I am still helping my lady friends from church. I will have more time now though, since she is getting better and feels she can handle the evening business. I will still be helping a couple nights a week, but mainly just in the mornings helping get her mom's compression stockings on and stuff that is still a little harder to do. I know when she is healed completely I will miss helping them out and stuff. They are great women.

We had a great time a church tonight. We had a celebration and cookout in honor of the 4Th of July tonight. We ate together, socialized, and then had a fireworks show. The young men that did the fire works did a great job, and we all had a good time. It is great to be around my church family. Since I was not on duty with my lady friend, I helped with the twins of the minister and his wife. They are so precious, and I have missed being around them lately. I will be helping with them Friday after my morning duties, and I am looking forward to it. The twins are now a year old, and starting to "talk" more each time I see them. Too cute, I am here to tell you.

I guess you can see that I love my church family, and enjoy being around them. My husband and I are doing well, as is B.J. and we are just living life the best we can. Enjoying activities together, and just being a family. There are still things we are adjusting to, I mean after being up with John for all his treatments for almost a year and a half, it is like getting to know your home life all over again. They had their little way of doing things, then I came back home and I am having to get things back to my way again. You never know how many little quirks you have until you live through something like this. It is hard at times, but we manage and keep on keeping on, day by day, just like I know John would want us to do.

Well I will go for now, May God bless and keep you all safe, happy, and healthy.
Judy