Trip to Toronto

I have not mentioned this but tomorrow I'll be flying out to Toronto to spend a few days with my sister-in-law Willy. As you might recall my eldest brother passed away last July. This is of course a very lonely time for her. Nobody can replace a soulmate of 60 years, but I/we felt it would give her something to look forward to. They have always been very special to me growing up. (Go to my archives to read my Eulogy). This trip has been in the making since Willy and my niece Nelly were here late September.

I'll be getting up tomorrow at 4am to catch the plane at 6:10. I'll be arriving there at 9:30 where I will be picked up by a taxi to take me to my "very special" niece Monica who lives on the famous Young Street. I will be spending the day with her. I understand we will be getting a manicure, go shopping and meeting her friends for dinner. I am looking forward being with her.

The next morning she will take me to the "Go" train to take me to Oshawa where my nephew Robert will pick me up to take me to Whitby my final destination. I will be seeing the rest of my nieces and nephews and "Great" nephews. Those of you who know me know that I am a real family freak.

Tuesday mid-night I'll be arriving home. Where Ted will be anxiously waiting. This is a real sacrifice for him since he does not like to be alone.

What to wear, what to wear!!!!!!!!

Doggerel

I read this the other day

A little bit of doggerel goes as follows: "A cheerful old bear at the zoo could always find something to do. When it bored him, you know, to walk to and fro, he reversed it and walked fro and to!"The writer apparently thought people could learn a lesson from the bear, for these creatures seem to be quite happy as long as they have enough food to eat and a few of their own kind around them.

Now a doggerel is NOT a female dog, hahaha!
In the dictionary I found this........
Doggerel describes verse considered of little literary value. The word is derogatory, from Middle English.

Now I thought about this doggerel of the bear. We certainly are not like bears.
Yet complacency is one human trait. We don't like too many changes (especially when you get older!) That is not bad if it happens to be a positive complacency.
If you happen to be a complaining kind of a person a change is in order. That is a habit that can be reversed.

Luke 15:3 Then Jesus told them this parable: 4 "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders etc".

What humans tend to do is put aside 99 blessings (or friends) and they concentrate on the one mishap or one nasty person and carry it on their shoulder!! I know I did the last few weeks and where did it get me?

A relative of mine (not a "church" person) said to me: "Did not Jesus have many friends and also many enemies, that never stopped him?" Bingo.......

A friend ( who seriously claims NOT to believe in God) took me out for lunch. She also has been very supportive of me because of the fact that things were getting to me. But she asked me how come so many Christians complain so much all the time? Does it not say in the Bible: "God helps those who help them self?"Should they not smarten up? Another doggerel being used a lot. No that is not in the Bible. On the contrary we need God before we even attempt to do it our self. But there should come a maturity in the believer because of knowledge of the Bible and experience, which ought to helps us to carry on regardless.

In the secular world they complain as well. You may find a few very confident and positive people here and there, but they do have to rely on themselves. We, on the other hand have something far greater than just "ourselves", we have Jesus and His Spirit who never leave us.

Having said all this, I want to thank you for praying and for the nice comments on this blog a few days ago and for calling me. We do need each other! I have so appreciated that. Most of all I thank my husband Ted for loving me.

Monday we will get the results from his bloodtest and CT Scan and we will keep you posted.

This is scary stuff!!

http://ezinearticles.com/?Islamic-World-Domination&id=54337

Also please turn in to Glenn Beck on CNN Friday evening (Nov 24) . CNN will be showing a repeat program with video's aired on November 15th to proof that the above article is definitely not far out. We thought it was so good we taped it. What you will see is unbelievable but true!!!So please turn into CNN and start praying!!

Been thinking!

We leave fingerprints on doorknobs, on books, on walls. on telephones pretty well on everything around us. For you who know me have seen me carry those antibacterial wipes in my purse. You may also have rolled your eyes!!! I got used to them when I was taking chemo because I was so susceptible to infections.

As a matter of fact, did you know that Sobey's a grocery store here in Winnipeg has wipes by the door so that you can wipe the "most bacterial laden" handles of the shopping carts? What a great idea!!

Anyways each person's fingerprints are unique, so we leave our identity on everything we touch. Some supermarkets in the USA are even testing a technology that allows customers to pay by fingerprint. Each customer's unique print and bank account number are kept on file so that the only thing needed to pay a bill is a scan of their finger. What a way to go, holy moly. I wonder if eventually you have to wipe your finger with a wipe before the print is correct hahaha, well I am prepared!!

Talking about prints, what I really desire is leaving good prints, like positive prints on people's lives. That is really my goal.
You may have a period in your live like I just sort of came out of. But than ask for prayer do not walk in Spiritual pride! Then do what you can to snap out of it, along with the prayers of those who love you, afterall the Bible does instruct us to pray one for another. It hurts the heart of God (and those around us who love us!) when we bellyache and whine all the time.

We see so many blessings around us. Chronic complainers will find something to mope about. In our daily living, for as much it is in our power lets give glory to God.

Remember all you Christians out there........

The world is watching!!!!

My husband likes to sneak up behind me to give a hug. That is okay, but often not at an okay time for instance when I am pouring the coffee, or adding flour to the gravy (I am not that good of a cook as it is!). When I make a comment he tells me that women would give their eye teeth for that!


Yesterday as I was putting on my make-up in front of the three way mirror in the bathroom, Ted again snugged up behind me and looking in the mirror said: "So many Teds here, what a blessing!"

Then he began to get very artistic with his photography as you can see!

Where have I been?

Well... Let me put it this way, I have not felt like it.

I prefer to blog when I have something funny, encouraging to say.
I am a person who likes to help and not be helped (except by my always faithful husband).

After we met in 1960 and he lived in Canada and I was in the process of coming to Canada he wrote me: "Give your smiles to those who love you less but save your tears for me!" That is pretty well what I have done all those years.

But since Yvonne titled my blog when I was diagnosed with cancer nearly two years ago, www.callforprayer.blogspot.com, that gives me the right I guess to do exactly that! Call......

I have been not been feeling that great lately mentally and physically. It seems that everything I need to do takes great effort. I have no appetite, I eat because it is necessary.

The last few months there have been a lot of sibling issues and a lot of other stresses, which are getting to me.
Also my eldest brother has passed away because of cancer (as did my mother). Then I hear about people dying left and right from this dreadful disease and I think when am I next? My husband has had his series of tests done and we hear those results sometimes this month. Mine are coming up next month. So you get my drift?

I wonder how many Christmasses and New Year celebrations we might experience.

Don't tell me like I used to say,"nobody knows that!" I simply write down how I feel and have been feeling for awhile. That might explain why I do not have the patience like I used to.

Where does my faith in God come into the picture? Well that is my request.

Thank you for praying!

Oma again!

We are welcoming Alyssa Marie into our family,
She was born today at 9:58am and weighing 9lb 11oz.
You can tell that both Hudson almost 6 and Evan 4 years old
are already quite happy with her.
Here she is just 4 hours old. This is our seventh grandchild
and have been told the last! So we better enjoy what we have right?

Insane?

A psalm of David, regarding the time he pretended to be insane in front of Abimelech.

Now in which Psalm did I find these verses?

I will praise the Lord at all times.
I will constantly speak his praises.
I will boast only in the Lord;
let all who are helpless take heart.

Come, let us tell of the Lord's greatness;
let us exalt his name together.
I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me.
He freed me from all my fears.

Taste and see that the Lord is good.
Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him!
Fear the Lord, you his godly people,
for those who fear him will have all they need.

Mmmmmm.........I think today I am going to act "insane"!!!!!!!