It's been 3 years now......

Three years ago today, mom went to heaven to be with the Lord. I miss her so much, but I have comfort in knowing that she is no longer suffering and that she is happy. Mom, I miss you and I love you. Some day we will be together again...I look forward to that day.

Is it cold where you are?

I hope your staying warm...It's really chilly here. No snow yet but I think certain parts of Ohio are getting snow.
I wanted to thank everyone for praying for the family I posted about before. They are struggling but with God's help they will get through this. It's the kids that are so sad. They are so young.
Take care.

Special Prayer Request

Hi,
When you say your prayers can you remember the family of Heather Mollenkopf. She was killed this past weekend in an auto accident. She was only 38 years old. Her husband is a deacon at my church. They have 3 children, ages 5, 8, and 10. The family is in shock right now as you can probably understand.
Thank you.

It's a little chilly!!

Hi,
I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. I'm sure you ate way too much turkey, mashed potatoes and don't forget the desserts. I don't think you can have a good holiday unless you over indulge in something good.

Gatlinburg was a lot of fun. It was very crowded though. When we got there on Thursday it took a long time for us to get from Pigeon Forge through Gatlinburg to the Inn we were staying in. The traffic was bumper to bumper and the streets were loaded with people. Shortly after we arrived at the Inn, dad got there. After we unpacked we walked down to the main street in Gatlinburg and did some touring. There are so many shops and great things to check out. We rode a sky lift to the top of the mountain which was just beautiful once you got up there. Bobby and Benita arrived about 7:30pm then we all went out to dinner at Calhouns. Very good food...

The next day we spent the day just touring around Gatlinburg. There is so much to see there. I loved going down the side streets to what they have set up as little villages. They are brick lined streets with little shops everywhere. It's was fun to turn a corner and the excitement of what you may see. We visited the Aquarium which is always nice. For dinner we went to Maxwells and Maria & Mike joined us. The food there was also very good.

The Inn we stayed in was wonderful. We rented out the whole Inn, which has 6 bedrooms. It was great to have the place all to ourselves. The owner stayed long enough on Thursday to show us around then she left and didn't come back until Friday morning. She made a Continental breakfast for us and gave us fresh towels. We enjoyed being there alone and having full run of the place.

I will post some pictures as soon as I can. Take care.

Good Morning

Hi,
I didn't realize until this morning that I haven't updated my blog in a while. Sorry....I will try to do better from now on.

Bob, Terry and I went to the Columbus Crew (Soccer team) championship game last week. I'm not a big fan of Soccer but Bob loves it. He played Soccer all through Jr and High school and he used to referee when we lived in Florida. Terry has really gotten into the sport also since he has moved to Columbus. Anyway, Columbus won so now they go to the "Superbowl" of Soccer in a couple weeks.

I had a Bone Density test done this past Monday. Since I have been off my hormones for a year and with mom having Chronic Osteoporosis my doctor wanted to make sure my bones are okay. Everything came back fine. So it looks like my bones are good bones...Yeah!!

Mickey has his shoulder surgery today. I talked to him Monday evening and he was a little nervous but I think he is looking forward to getting this taken care of. Please keep him in your prayers.

We are going to Gatlinburg for Thanksgiving next Thursday. I've never been there so I am looking forward to seeing all the sights. If everyone shows there should be about 12 of us. It should be a good time.

I am going to the "Y" this morning to walk and also for my water exercise class. I just LOVE getting in the pool. Sometimes I stay in the pool after the class and swim around for a while. It's so much fun.

Have a nice day and for the ones of us up north, stay warm.

It's Friday...

Hi,
We are having a absolutely beautiful day here. My windows are open and nice cool air is circulating through and right now it feels great. It's supposed to turn cold tomorrow and we have a possibility of snow showers tomorrow evening...Winter is on the way!

I am so proud of myself..I joined our local "Y" last week and I have gone there every day this week to walk. They have a great walking track that once you go around 8 times you have walked a mile. It's really been fun. I plan on using the pool and also starting on some of the machines to help me out with my abs and my "bye-bye" arms.

I went to my Podiatrist yesterday for a follow-up appt. with my foot. If you don't remember I have a condition called Neuroma, which is a swollen nerve. My doctor had me on anti-inflammatory medication which works great when I'm on the meds but once I complete them the nerve swells again and it causes me pain at the ball of my foot when I walk. So he decided this time to give me an injection of steroid in the nerve. This process seems to be working fine so far. My foot feels great today but we will have to see how it goes. If this doesn't work then the next step is to surgically remove the nerve. I don't know if I want to do that. I may need to go to another Podiatrist to get a second opinion. I will keep you updated.

Well, that's about all that is going on up here. Have a good weekend. Take care.

It's Election Day.....

Today is the day we've all been waiting for....Have you voted yet? Bob and I are going to go this evening when he gets off from work. I can't wait for all of this to be over. I am so sick of the TV commercials, phone calls, fliers in the mail and seeing the signs everywhere. I just hope and pray that our new president does a good job and the state our country's in begins to look better.


I decided to join our local "Y." A friend of mine works there and she took me for a tour last week and by the end of the tour she had me convinced to join. There's a fabulous walking track on the second floor so I plan on taking advantage of that and also they have water aerobics and water exercise classes that I want to participate in. I ordered a bathing suit off of the Internet but I really dread putting it on. It's not going to be a pretty sight!!!

We met up with Bobby, Benita, Terry, Jason, Colton and Eli for dinner Saturday evening. We went to J. Alexander's in Columbus. The food was so good, especially the steaks... YUM!!! We all pretty much waddled out of the restaurant. We were good though and didn't order dessert. But we probably ate enough calories for a couple days worth of meals.

Joy had her surgery yesterday and I'm glad all went well. I believe she is coming home on Wednesday. I talked to Kathy yesterday evening and they are fine. She loves her new house. I told her she needed to send us some pictures.

Bob and I put up my Christmas village the last weekend of October. It takes us 3 days to get it up. I now have 62 buildings, and a bunch of elves figurines. I will take a picture and post it on here so you all can see it.

We've been having our fall craft shows. So far I've gone to a couple of them. I just love looking around and seeing how creative some people are. There's 4 more this month and I believe there's one in December. When I was leaving the one I went to on Sunday there was a booth selling Kettle Corn....Oh, how I love that stuff. Anyway, I had to buy a bag, of course. So good!!!

Well, I am off to the "Y." Everyone have a good day. Be sure to vote!!! Take care.