Tues. 3/10/26, cute bags came, amazing coffee set came from Kimmy and Jared, went to Flint CMA Chapter meeting, Got pictures from Hailey on her trip

Cute bags I got online with matching tissue paper for gift bags for our State Coordinator couples and National Evangelists when they come to Michiigan

Amazing coffee set that Kimmy ordered through her church that helps train young men for jobs in their country and teaches them about God.  It came with a plastic K Cup, paper filters to go in it and a scoop that measures the right amount for it and then has an open side so you can easily pour it in the K-cup

Hailey sent me these pictures of her trip.  She sure has lots of great friends and always has fun!  I sure am missing her.

We got up at 10 to 9.  Bill started taking the trash out while I emptied stuff out of the refrigerator to add to the trash.  Kit Kat noticed me in the window, so I put food in her dish outside.  I ate oatmeal with honey and strawberries added and Bill ate cereal.  We both drank a protein drink.  I had worship music playing so couldn't help but worship while that was on.  

We read our Bibles and did our other books.  Melissa called me and we talked for a while and she told me about Jack's choir concert on Sunday at 3.  Can't wait for that.  Then she reminded me we haven't done our parable devotion book in a while.  I thought she was too busy right now with Bruce starting a new job and not working from home a few days a week like he was before.  She said Hailey moved her book and she forgot about it.  We started back up again today.  It's short so we decided we would do it every day.  

Kimmy called and said she got her coffee set she ordered from her church to help missions.  She said mine was coming today!  A she was working on pottery and then had a castrophe and had to go.  The canvas bag she hung up fell and the wet stuff splashed all over.  I had her hang up so she could clean it up quickly.  I prayed of course.

I made a cup of coffee with the Narrow Gate coffee (Craft and King)  Oh my, it was so delicious!  My favorite coffee ever!  I used the plastic K-Cup, paper filter and measuring spoon.  How easy!  Thank you so much Kimmy and Jared!  I texted Kimmy to let her know how delicious it was.  

Brittany's baby is still in ICU with a fever and difficulty breathing.  Have been praying lots for her and have the girls praying.  This is the second time she has had RSV.

I talked to Sue for a while today, then her niece called me and I talked to her.  She went with Sue to her appointment so she wanted to make sure I knew when Sue needs to take the pill to bring her blood pressure up.  It is 110 or below.  Sue couldn't remember if the doctor gave her a number, so I told her to check with her niece.  I'm glad she remembered.  She's having Sue write it down right by the blood pressure machine so she remembers.

In the evening, we went to the Flint Good News Rider's CMA chapter meeting.  I talked to Melissa all the way there.  She had some great testamonies of what God has done too.  Healing for Max and great grades in college.  I love hearing great reports.  There were 12 of us at the meeting.  It is a chapter that once had 40 members and got down to about 6 members.  It is starting to grow again PTL.

We got home at around 9.  I talked to Marie all the way from Flint to our house.  She had some great testimonies of what God has done.  Bill and I had jello with fruit in it as a snack.  We relaxed and I worked on my blog.  God is awesome!  I love Him and I love my family.  So much to be thankful for.

Monday, 3/9/26, Stopped at Cops and Donuts, Went to Camping World in Houghton Lake, Came through Gladwin and Edenville on the way home, stopped at the Dollar Store Adam works at, walked around and looked at flower plants in gardenstook blood pressure kit to Sue

Bill driving along Houghton Lake.  It was a beautiful day for a long drive.

Kimmy and I were looking for new Lenten Rose Blooms a couple of weeks ago.  today I found lots of them.

Kit Kat watching me fill the bird feeders

She loved it when I sat on the glider on the front porch with her.  

Dead tree fell over by the edge of our property.

Kenzie took Rehvyn outside and let him drive his car.  The battery died pretty quick.

Bill fixed my windmill today.  The bolt that holds the top part on broke.  It is working great now.  Thank you sweetie!  If you zoom in it is right under the wind chime past the pool. It's a little blurry.

Jacob and Arnie....Jacob is home sweet home

We got up at 8:30.  I ate a bowl of Cheerios with honey and banana and had a protein drink.  Bill had a protein drink.  We read our Bibles and did our prayer books/devotions.  It was sunny out and warming up already.  I watered my inside plants.  Sue called me and wanted me to pray for her.  She is going to the doctor today.  Her niece is supposed to take her but I told her I would if she couldn't.  She was going to take a shower but was feeling weak, so I told her to call me back and let me know she is ok afterward.  She called back and her niece is taking her, so Bill and I decided to go to Houghton Lake to Camping World.  It was such a nice day for a ride.  While we were riding, I was thinking about how I don't have to worry about anything because God gave me such a good husband who loves Him above all and therefore loves me so much and takes such good care of me and takes care of needs.  I was thinking about how much peace I have.  God has sure blessed us.  I was thinking about when I was going to tell this to Bill because it was windy out and it was a little noisy in the Jeep with the radio playing too.  Then I rested my arm in the middle and he grabbed my hand and gave it a squeeze.  I knew I was supposed to tell him then what I had been thinking about.  I did and he held my hand till we got to Clare.  We decided to go to Cops and Donuts.  We each got a donut.  We had coffees in the Jeep, so we just ate in the Jeep and drank our own coffee.  Our next stop was Camping World.  We were looking at camping stuff and Bill wanted to look at one camper.  We didn't really like it.  We took a different route home and went on country roads.  It was 67 outside and so nice.  We stopped at Adam's workplace, but found out from Kimmy later that we had just missed him by about 15 minutes.  Bummer. 

We both went outside when we got home.  Bill got the mail, then went out to the shed to fix my windmill that is in my small garden.  I will be happy to have it working again.  A bolt broke.  I walked around looking at my plants and seeing signs of life poking up.  Lots of daffodils, some hyacinths, lenten rose blossoms, and buds on trees.  Yay. I had to pick up the post and butterfly that balances on it.  The wind blew it over since the dirt where it was turned into mud with all of the rain.  I stuck it in a new place and balanced the butterfly again and it looks great.  

 

Sue called me and let me know what the doctor said.  She has low blood pressure and has to take medicine that even makes it go lower.  Now she has to take other medicine to raise it up when she takes the other medicine.  She is supposed to check her blood pressure at home, but her machine wouldn't work.  Josh brought her new batteries, but error kept coming up.  She took a half of a pill without knowing what it was.  I talked to her and took our blood pressure machine over to her so she can check it and actually know how it is doing with taking the other medicine.  She seemed to be doing better just knowing what is going on with her to make her feel like she was.  Praising God.

Kimmy texted me and let me know Jacob was home on spring break.  Yay!  He had to drive home slowly because he has a bulge in his tire.  I'm happy he's home.  

Hailey is on Spring Break too and is on vacation with her Unite Group. It looks like a beautiful place.

 

Sunday, 3/8/26, went to both services, went to RV show in Birch Run, went to Cracker Barrel for lunch, went to Melissa's, gave Jack his prayer month gift, Facetimed with Kenzie and Vikki,

Bill looking at camper stuff at Camping World

Pretty Peyton when she was over today

Rehvyn going up the slide ladder

At the top of the slide

At the bottom of the slide.  He sure has fun on it.

The fireman holding Rehvyn while Travis gets in the firetruck

Travis and Rehvyn sitting in the firetruck waving

Jack with his Prayer Month present....

Nana and Jack!  I am so happy Jack got his car.  It is so nice and a Honda so it should last a long time.  They are one of my favorite cars. 

Jack took me and Melissa for a ride in his new car.  He did a great job driving.  Thanks Jack!  I know you will be an amazing driver.  Nana will always be praying for you.  I love you Jack!

Melissa with Evan's Baby from school.  The baby boy broke (something malfunctioned), so Evan has to do a different project.  

Evan with his baby he was assigned to take care of at school.  A part malfunctioned, so now he can't do it.  Bummer! He wanted to.  Love my Evan too!

It was a little harder to get up this morning with the time change.  I pushed snooze on my alarm, then got up about 8 minutes later.  I just needed a few more minutes.  I made my coffee, and got Bill's all set for him to just hit the buttons when he wanted it.  We went to both services today.  Great worship and great message on the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Acts.  Lots of people came up for prayer today. Dennis came up for prayer for his Compassion trip to the Phillipians, Rebecca and little Selah came up for prayer for healing.  Between services we went out to the foyer and visited with people coming and going.  Mike came up to me and asked me about my hand surgery.  He showed me his trigger finger, so Todd and I prayed for healing for it.  After the second service,  Bill prayed for Ashton and his girlfriend, and Melody came up to me so I prayed for her.  Then Pastor brought a girl named Rauqel to us so we could pray for her.  The Holy Spirit was moving.

We were happy to see Merijo and Greg were back from Florida and so was Ralph.  Nancy talked to me about her catarac surgery and was an encouragement.  

After church, we came home and changed, got a couple of snacks and headed to Birch Run to go to the camper show at General RV.  They said they were short handed, so they just had us walk around by ourselves outside and go in any campers we wanted to.  It was cold in the shade because it was so windy.  Of course the motorhomes, were the farthest away.  We sure did lots of walking and got 4,000 steps.  We looked at lots of motor homes, and didn't see any we like as well as I.  That was a good thing.  We went to Camping World next and looked around.  We didn't buy anything.  

On our way home, we stopped at Cracker Barrel for lunch.  I had a homestyle chicken dinner and Bill had crispy chicken strips.  I brought half of my dinner home.  I shopped after I ordered while I was waiting for my food.  I didn't buy anything there either.  

We came home and took naps.  We were both tired after all that walking in the fresh air, not to mention going in and out of campers.  We got our workout.  I had just woke up and was getting ready to call Melissa to see if it was ok to stop over, when Vikki called.  She found me another salt and pepper set like the one she got me for Christmas.  She knows how much I like that set, so she got this set on FaceBook Marketplace for $4.  She always finds stuff I like for great deals.  She and Peyton were nearby, so they brought them over to me.  Peyton gave me a drink of her fruit drink.  It was good.  They left, so I headed to Melissa's before it got dark so I could see Jack's car good.  It was super clean and super nice.  He took Melissa and I for a nice ride.  He is a great driver.  I'm so happy he has a car.  He has saved for a while to get it.  I took him his prayer month gift.  It is a safety kit for his car.  It even has a hammer to break a window if needed and a seat belt cutter.  Melissa and I were thinking we need this kit in our car.  It even has a small air compressor.  He was very happy to get it.  

Adam's prayer month gift came here yesterday and Jared's birthday gift arrived today.  More deliveries need to be made.  I stopped at Walmart and got some Qtips with my remaining Humana couple of dollars that were left on the card.  I tried getting bandaids, but they aren't covered with the card anymore.  I still got them because we are almost out.  

I came home and we had jello with fruit in it for our snack.  We read our Bibles and did our prayer books/devotion.  I am praying the prayer for Bill and i and also the one for our children/grandchildren that she put in the back of my new Bible.  They are awesome prayers that cover so many things.  They came from BayShore and Vikki has been praying them for 2 years now.  Heartfelt prayers avail much power from on high.  God has done amazng things.  

I worked on my blog and then it was time for bed.

 

Sat. 3/7/26, Bill went to the men’s breakfast at church, I shampooed coffee spot in carpet, went to Eli’s Music Festival, went to Sam’s Club, took nap, ,

Eli playing his clarinet at the Music Festival.  They played 3 songs and did amazing.  They got a standing ovation

They got all 1's, the best marks

We loved being able to be there for our Eli

Peyton went to her friend, Beth's sleepover Birthday Party and they all had a great time

Peyton went to her friend, Beth's sleepover Birthday Party and they all had a great time

Bill got up early and got ready to go to the Men's Breakfast at church.  I got up before he left and he helped me make the bed.   We said goodbye and I ate my breakfast.   I noticed there was a big brown circle in the carpet where the coffee got spilled.  I sprayed it with prespot solution, than shampooed it again. I used paper towels to step on and soak up any water.  There was brown coffee color on the paper towels.  I did the same thing another time and soaked it up again until there was no brown on the paper towels.  I gave it one more go over and it looks good now.  Coffee stains are tough to get out.  

I put some worship music on and enjoyed worshipping.  I walked a mile on the treadmill at a good pace, then I went upstairs and did my hair.  Bill got home and we read our Bibles and did our prayer books/devotions.  

I made egg salad and we had egg salad sandwiches for lunch.  Then we got ready and went to Eli's Music Festival at 1:55.  We saw Kimmy and Jared right as we got in the door, so went and stood by them.  When it was time, we went into the auditorium and listened to their Symphonic Band play 3 songs that were just amazing.  They got a standing ovation.  I wish I could have videoed but it wasn't allowed.  Next we went to the room where they sight read.  They got 5 minutes to look at the music and have Mr. Shepherd quickly go over a song they had never seen.  Then they had to play it after that.  Once again, they did amazing.  The judge that spoke to them was very impressed and had great things to say, plus some encouragement to help them do even better in a couple of areas.  After that, we went to the cafeteria and saw Eli.  Kimmy gave him the 2 burgers they had picked up for him and a drink.  He had a sleepover with friends last night and didn't get much sleep nor did he eat this morning.  We looked at the chart to see how schools were doing that had already gotten their marks.  Bill got a popcorn, I got a candy bar and we shared a pop.  We shared the popcorn with Kimmy and Jared.  We waited for Eli's school's numbers to be posted.  They received all 1's which are the best!  We were so happy for them.  Well deserved marks for sure.

On our way home, Bill stopped and filled up the jeep with gas.  His Sam's card didn't work, so he tried mine.  It wouldn't work either.  We went in the store and got four things we needed.  We saw Kenny and Kitty and also Justin and Brenda and visited for a little bit.  Our card wouldn't work in the store either, so we went to the Memberhip Dept. and Bill ended up having to talk to the bank for the account.  Someone hacked into our card and made purchases in California.  We had to close out our cards and they are sending new ones.  People's dishonosty sure cause problems.  It took a long time to get if taken care of.  Law and order are needed everywhere.

We got home and I warmed up the chicken noodle casserole and we ate that for dinner.  Then we relaxed for a while and I really relaxed and fell sound asleep for about an hour and a half.  I talked to Laicey for a while, then Melissa called me and I talked to her and Evan for a while.  They ended up going up to Tawas today and took the dogs.  They had a fun day except Melissa and Evan got cold and had to sit in the vehicle for a little while.  It's always colder by the water.  They had a fun time though.  

Vikki sent me some pictures of Peyton at the party.  She had a great time and the pictures are cute.  I'm so thankful she has such great friends.  

Friday, 3/6/26, Kimmy and Vikki came over, Vikki left to shop and also pack for Peyton's Birthday trip, Melissa and Hailey came over, went to Walmart, went to Melissa's, Kimmy and Vikki took Peyton to Sebewaing, ,

Hailey playing with Arnie

Melissa and Kimmy watching the dogs (Wookie, Vader and Arnie) play

Hailey made yummy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and Bruce made yummy no bake cookies.  We went there and tried some.  They were so good.  

Kimmy's hearts she made that we ordered.  Some she is blessing us with to sell to raise money for Run for the Son.  Thanks Kimmy.

Got ready and then fed my fish in the basement, and made my coffee.  Vikki and Kimmy came over.  Kimmy brought Arnie.  Vikki shared her Big Apple Everything bagel with cream cheese and garlic toast with me.  It was so good.  We sat in the family room after that.  Poor Kimmy accidently had a coffee spill on the carpet.  We all seem to have spills now and then in there.  She was fast to get going on cleaning it up and I worked on putting the shampooer back together since I used it yesterday.  I got it all set and was going to use it, but Kimmy wouldn't let me.  She took right over.  We put the fan on it and then were going to put the fireplace on in the family room and relax.  Vikki wanted to play Donkey, so we moved to the other room and never started the fireplace.  Then Melissa called and said she and Hailey were going to come over.  Yay!  Vikki had to leave to shop and also pack Peyton's things for her overnight Birthday Party for her friend.

Melissa and Hailey came and Wookie and Arnie played for a while.  We had fun hanging out together, then at 12:30, we ate chicken noodle casserole for lunch.  After that we all went to Walmart and got over the counter stuff and Hailey and I went to the cleaning product section and got Natural All Purpose cleaner spray and I found scrub Daddy Brush attachments for Kimmy.  We could hear thunder and also heavy rain coming down while we were in Walmart.  We checked out and ran to our cars.  There were places where water was over the road on our way to Melissas.  We had Hailey's oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and Bruce's no bakes.  Arnie really liked the guinea pigs and kept going by their cage to watch them.  Wookie loved playing with all the toys and Arnie liked the little ones.  Vader, Wookie and Arnie all went outside and ran around in the yard.  Melissa and Kimmy went out so they would go farther away from the house.  Hailey went out to watch.  I watched through the window.  Vikki came and picked up Kimmy after she got Peyton.  Kimmy was going to ride with her to Sebewaing to take Peyton to her friend, Beth's Birthday sleepover.  I came home and loaded Arnie's Crate, his floor rug and toys, and Kimmy's over the counter stuff she got in her van so she could leave quicker to go home when she got back here.  She likes to get home before dark and it was getting foggy here.  

Bill and I read our Bibles and did prayer books and devotions.  Such good reading.  

Kimmy and Vikki got back here at around 6.  Kimmy took Arnie potty.  I had the stuff I found for Vikki and Kimmy to take on the table in the foyer.  They used the bathroom and then they left.  It started pouring right after they left and it was foggy.  I prayed for them.  

Will be glad to hear they are home safe and sound.  It took Kimmy a while to get home because she had to stop and wait for the rain to slow down.  With it foggy out and it pouring it was really hard to see she said.  I was so happy to hear she was home.  

I was sad to hear about the tornado's that touched down in Western Michigan.  It looks like a lot of damage and so far 3 people died.  It was pretty close to where Jacob is.  We were very thankful he said it just rained and wasn't bad there.  

Bill and I relaxed and had hot fudge banana sundaes for our evening snack.  They sure tasted good.  I noticed the coffee spot was back to the surface, so I spot treated it and then after 5 minutes I shampooed it again.  I sopped up the spot with paper towels until the paper towels didn't have any coffee on them.  Hopefully it will be good now.  I will see in the morning if I have to give it another go over.