My friend Marianne is still fighting with the Verizon guys.
June 3
Decided to go in to work after the grueling trip back and forth to Penn.
At 2:30, I left my house to find the Verizon guys digging up our
sidewalk, roping it off, and parking their truck in the street blocking
part of my driveway. My car was in my driveway, and I had to back out to
go to work.
I went out and called over to the men, telling them I
needed to go to work, saying that I worked for the city and I had to
show up. One guy said okay, but the big brute from yesterday sauntered
over, flashed me that smile again and said, "Sure! No problem." With
that he whipped up the large elastic sheeting from the sidewalk with one
hand and draped it around himself. He told the guy in the truck to move
it. Then he turned to me and said, " Only lost a second and half on the
job!"
I thanked him for his cooperation and moved toward my car. All at
once, he assumed a languid pose with the shovel and drawled, "Have a
nice day," and flashed the smile again. I got the distinct impression he
thought he was God's personal gift to women. I have a newsflash for
him: Michelangelo's David he's not!
Good morning everyone. I hope you are all having a wonderful day. Did you see the Republican National Convention last night? I haven't been watching the whole thing, just the summary at 10:00. But I did see Governor Mike Pence's speech. I then googled him and read about his background both personally and politically. I am very impressed by him. Next week the Democrats come here to Philly and I will be watching their reports too. This is too big of a decision to come to the table unprepared.
Anyway, enough about politics. I got to talk to my sister yesterday. We are making plans for our mini vacation next week. Yay for going away even if it is just overnight. Because of her change of job, this will be the first time in many years (15? 20?) that we will not be able to have a Sister's Week. But you do what you can and at least we have a couple of days together to celebrate her birthday and take a little outing. Aunt Carole is coming to take care of Snowy, so all is good on that count. Joe is coming on vacation too and we are all looking forward to it. I got us two rooms so Elaine will be able to sleep over Joe's snoring. Everyone tells me that I snore and talk in my sleep too, but I know that's not possible. (rolling my eyes here)
Besides Joe and me only Carolann showed up for Bible Study last night. We still had a good study. It was from Romans 4 and about hopelessness. Good discussion going on.
I wore another new necklace I got from Rite Aid. This is it. I mean it. Well... maybe one more. We will see.
This is not something I would ordinarily wear, but for some odd reason I like it. Carolann asked if they were crystals and I told her it's plastic. I took it off and showed it to her. If it were real crystals, it would be very heavy.
Here's what it looked like with my outfit. It looks huge when you are just looking at it, but it's not that bad when I wear it.
Please excuse the messed up hair. In this heat it's a wonder it looks decent any time. I am going to get it trimmed on Friday morning. Just a couple of inches off -- not too short. I know from experience that I do NOT look good in short hair. Although with temperatures going up to 106* on Sunday short hair sounds awfully tempting.
I am watching a Steve Harvey Show that I recorded the other day. I'm so far behind in my TV watching because I've been watching youtube. Steve just said something very thought provoking:
"Someone should have a sign one day, you know like a sign that goes in front of a house for sale, that says, 'Your dream is free, the hustle is sold separately.' And that's so true. See, you can never give up. You don't know where God is just waiting on you to pass the test. But you have to stay with something and go through the test to get to the end. See, if you quit, there's no way you will ever know. You have to keep on putting one foot in front of the other even if you don't know the way. It's not your job to know the way. It's just your job to believe. That's where people mess up. You try to figure it out. Show me the scripture that tells you to figure it out. Where is that scripture at? There's no scripture that tells you to figure it out. It tells you to ask and believe. That's what you got to do. Ask God and believe. Now if you ask God for something today you have to be willing to hustle. Because the hustle is sold separately, now. You can dream all day long, but the hustle is sold separately. That takes everything you got.... Live your life. You don't have to figure out what God has for you. He already gave it to you."
This is something I was talking to a friend about the other day. We can want to serve God all we want. But until we get up and actually DO something about it, nothing will happen. This friend and his wife wanted to be missionaries in France. They spoke French. They loved French culture. They even visited France to see if they would want to live there. They were accepted by a mission board and were all set to go to France but... it didn't work out. Roadblocks were in their way wherever they turned. So after praying about it, they applied to another mission who is sending them to Chicago. They went to Chicago to visit and just love the ministry they would be doing there. They had a plan, God had another plan. But they didn't just sit there, they stepped out in faith. Am I talking to myself here? More than likely.
So now that I've discussed politics and religion it's time to start my day. I started out strong yesterday and petered out as the day went on. I have a LOT to do before I go away next week. Hopefully today will be more productive than yesterday.
Until later everyone...
Kathy
I feel as if this is the doctor week. Yesterday I had the blood test at my primary doctor and today I went to see my oncologist for my six month check up. When the phlebotomist went to draw my blood today she looked at my elbow where the tech took the blood yesterday and asked me what happened. She said whoever took the blood didn't know what they were doing and blew out my vein. Here's what yesterday's stick looks like:
And here's the stick from today. She had to use my hand because my arm was messed up.
You can barely see it. What a difference between someone who does this all day every day and someone who does it now and then. I will say that today's hurt a lot more than yesterday's though.
The doctor told me that all my levels were good. They were just where they were supposed to be. He examined me and said everything was great. The only thing was my blood pressure was very low and my sodium was low. I told him that I was trying to lose weight and told him how I was eating. He said I was doing good and to not be discouraged because it takes awhile for the weight loss to kick in. I figured up that I am eating about 1200 calories a day which is about where I should be. But he told me to get something salty to eat because I was so light headed and to drink a little more water than I have been. Otherwise he'll see me in six months.
I made a run to Rite Aid before I went home to pick up a few things. I needed canned tomatoes for dinner tonight. I also got a bag of popcorn and some iced tea. When I was walking down the aisle I stopped and looked at the jewelry. I saw these pretty beaded necklaces selling four for $5. I loved them and they were the last set there so I got them. With my discount card it came to $3.50. When I got home I read the label and it said there was one blue, one pink, one yellow and one gold necklace. BUT I got two blue and no pink. I guess that's why it was so cheap. The thing is I would probably never wear the pink one, but I wear blue all the time so I am glad it came the way it did. I can wear them separately or together. And they look great together. Sorry I didn't get a picture. I'll try to get one for tomorrow.
Speaking of necklaces, let me show you what I was wearing today. I got this gold leaf when I was in Charleston, South Carolina in 1987. There was a street market that I walked through and this lady was selling all kinds of leaf necklaces. I liked this one and although money was tight, I splurged. After all, when would I ever get one again? I still love it and it is still one of my favorite pieces of jewelry.
I tried another new dish for dinner tonight. I made zucchini spaghetti. Well, that's not new. I've done that before. I have a spiral cutter where I put the zucchini in it and turn it around like a pencil sharpener. It comes out in long ribbons and looks like spaghetti. I boiled that while I browned some ground beef and added a can of diced tomatoes. Then I took the zucchini and added that to the mixture. I stirred everything up and plated it and added shredded mozzarella to the plate. It was so good. I'm enjoying making different things.
I have a day off tomorrow until Bible Study in the evening so I hope I can get some things done around the house. Wash especially. The pile of dirty clothes gets higher all the time.
I'm going to go so I can get some sleep. Hope you all have a good evening.
Kathy
