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Please pray for us. Our Lord Jesus is the Great Physician.
Judy *Sissy70*-----DH
Sue *Taynors*------DD---GF (botched surgery)
Karen *Darkmoondreamer*
Tubby
Bonnie...*Bonjon*
Betty
LK-----Dad, Niece
Sistah "Z" (Lord knows her needs)
Julie---*Jar617*---family, DD and SIL.
Sis Kathy -- * Jordankittyjo* Mike, Missy & Pamela NP, SIL NP.
Synda-----------*Synda* -- Mum NP, Cousin Tracy..NP
Marion -- * Abbisgranma*-- Mum, Sister and Niece NP
Twyla----------*Hope43*---Son and DH
Cookie-------*Joycet* (job)----- Mum---Dad----BIL
Cindy-----*Purpbtfly*----Cousin's 1st. grandson, Matthew-- Doug
Crissy---*CrissyR*---- DH: Dave--- Mum http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1091553/
Susan---*Tallulah_B*--- Sale on trailer.
Jaye--- Kel's dad, Murdock. Kel's Uncles Leneau and Joe.
Kel's schoolmate, Pamela Spivey for her sudden paralysis.
Please pray for our troops too.
Please say extra prayers for Marion's, Cookie's, Trisha's and Susan's Mums . Thank you Sistahs.
♥♥ Sweet Interruptions ♥♥ 208
Morning Jaye! How are you doing today?
Hello sistahs.
Been challenged with severe migraines yesterday, but Lord sees fit that I be here today!
Thank you so much for your invite, Cookie. I know I won't be lacking of company if this should happen again next Christmas... or New Year :(
Marion and Stacey... thank you too.
Yep, was alone on NY's day too. That was a last minute decision on his part after I had cooked quite an elaborate feast. I didn't make him choose neither, and once again, it's only Kel that was at their place for both occasions. No more dramas for me, I truly had had enough. I released his mother to the Lord.
God also want us to stay away from evil ones.. somewhere in Proverbs I think. Family is not really family when all they want to do is tear you apart. I could only but pray for her.
Okay... moving on....
The weather surprises me this morning. Supposed to be in the 60's but instead it's in the low 30's now. Woke up to heavy frost.
Thank goodness I forced Kel to put Hambone in the workshop last night.
Barb, my sister was complaining of the cost of food in France just a couple of days ago. We can be contented with a plate size frozen pizza Tostino's that can cost 1.50, whereas it's $8 there. I was aghast that there will be no second helpings at her house. When chicken is served, it's one leg each for each child :( If it's fish, it's slices....
No wonder they went crazy here whenever we had fish fry or pizza!! Plus the buckets of fried chicken!!
Needless to say, eating at restaurants are rare, and even to get ice cream at Mickey D.. she had to count the change!
BUT on the plus side, it's socialized medicine. The universal fee for each doctor visit is $40, meds are free and whatever extra services needed after that initial visit.. free.
Sue!!! LOL on not ready for grey!! Neither am I. But I've gone from brassy red to a medium brown, to spite Kel!!!
I've included Susan and Trisha needing prayers for their mums. Susan's mum is 92 and had fell, thank God nothing is broken, but she's quite frail. Susan's brother is living with their mum, so she's not alone in the house.
Trisha's mum had a seizure. She's given meds and I know she sure can use some prayers.
Coffee is on.. bagels and cream cheese, sistahs.
Gonna visit a few sites then I'm off to cleaning and cooking.
Stay warm.. bbl!
LK, I'm somewhere in the middle of there and ?????
Lol!!! How are you sistah?
I am doing OK! I told my Sister in Michigan, that I will be bringing Dad up there in mid March! She will try to keep him as long as she can, then she will do the paperwork and place him in a nursing home.
We have all been talking about doing this for a long time, but it has come to the point where we are all getting old, and have our medical problems too, so we have all decided it is the best thing to do!
Sending you big ((((((((((((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))))))) and prayers for your situation!
Also sending lots of thoughts and prayers to everyone on the list, and anyone else that needs them!
(((((((((LK)))))))))))))
Ahh... nothing like sound support from family and at least your father knows he's not being abandoned, even though he'll be in a nursing home.
The best place for my FIL will be a nursing home. He'll get qualified round the clock care and even PT.
FIL is afraid to be placed in a nursing home. What's hypocritical is, MIL threaten him with that each time she's into the 'drama'. When Kel who's actually tired from doing all the caregiving, agreed, she wouldn't follow through as I know there goes the 'sympathy' and victim play that she need :D
So, in the meantime, Kel suffers, sacrificing ALL vacation time, even going to movies.
Other brother refused to intervene and support Kel. The Lord keeps providing ways for Kel to cope.
Thank God we have HIM on our side!
Amen sister!
Ohh.. please include Trisha's sister in your prayers too.
She's hospitalized trying to recover from a severe infection in her bloodstream.
Thanks Sistahs.
I am aware what the Bible has said about 'mouthing' off.
But I am only human, and have tolerated this condition for almost a decade.
I don't even confide to the preacher about my situation, but I know my yoke will be lighter if I let it out. Yes, Christians are not 100% perfect.
That's what makes us human Jaye and only God and Jesus are perfect!!!! Lighten up on your self my friend. I have reached the point in my life where I say what i need to say. I try not to "step on" anyone but sometimes it happens. My feeling is - they will get over it or not. I apologize when I feel I may have said too much but I don't hold it in any more....
Please say preayers for my Niece Ashley. She is the one that lost Lilly Marie last year! Well, her common law hubby and her have decided to run from the cops, as he is a registered sex offender, and he went into a liquor store with all of his private parts exposed, and did not report to his probation officer! Now they are on the run, so he does not go back to jail! it is all a very ugly situation, and she is caught in the middle of all of it! Yes, drugs are involved, and they are not thinking straight, so please pray that she puts a stop to all this madness! If they are caught, she will be held as an accessory to it, and most likely go to jail also!
Thanks
I'll keep Ashley in my prayers Linda. I'm so sorry...
Thanks Barb!
Barb, thank you very much for those comforting words. Got one sibling who calls me almost daily to make sure she hears my voice!
Then a few hours ago, I got a call from a sistah reminding me that I'm never alone and that's why you all come here almost daily just to share whether it be good or bad!!
LK, I'm so sorry to read of Ashley. Hope Ashley wakes up one day and realizes that he doesn't love her enough to change his ways...and not bring her down along with him.
Will certainly pray for her.
See what I mean Jaye? There but for the grace of God!!!! How fortunate we are not to be in that position...
Yep, I'm always reminded when I think the goings get tough, there are alway others facing worser situations.
I guess I got too upset as Kel's mother knows what's required of her from our Lord when treating others, not that she knows the bible from Genesis to Revelation, but she's also a deacon's wife.
I refuse to be her 5th victim, when it comes to DILs. The attitude I must take on is she's not Jesus!!
Thanks Barb.
As long as you never stoop to her level Jaye, you have it made my friend. Me? I would be civil to her at all times as a measure of respect for Kel but socialize with her - no. I would ask Kel to please understand your position and not take sides. I'd just let him do with her as he feels he needs to and never interfere with that because that's when resentment and anger factor in. She is after all his mother.
Anyway - I 've rambled enough. Hope you are having a great day and SMILE-we love you.
Morning everyone! Hope you all got a good nights sleep?
Coffee is hot, come and get it!
Thanks for the coffee Lk, I sure need it this morning. Didn't sleep very well and woke up to rain, rain, rain!! Thank goodness Pegi is taking care of the Ark.
Jaye, hang in there my dear. Remember you always have friends and family here!!!!! As Barb said, we are all human and bottling things up is one of the absolute worst things you can do.
I am trying to get things finished and packed as I am going back to my sister's in the morning. Mom isn't doing well--lost 7 lbs in the past week--so I think I need/want to be there. Please keep us in your prayers.
Marion, please drive carefully!
We will keep all of you in our prayers! Keep us posted when you can!
(((((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))
Woke up to a groggy head and kept losing my balance. I think it's the side effect from my meds, extra Lyrica b4 bedtime, and a sleeping pill.
My world is in a quite blurry state and I'll be okay after I lay down for a few more hours.
LK, I hope your niece is found soon. Does his family cares about him enough to intervene? I do hope Ashley won't end up with the prison population but at a Rehab.
(((((((Barb)))))))) It's my mother's old advice I always heed and have applied it with both marriages. She would say, your husband is not yours till he's 6ft. in the ground and you kids can have 10 spouses, but only one set of parents.
With that imbedded in my mind, I never made Kel nor ex choose. With Ex, his parents were the kinds to let their kids live their own lives.
With the present ones, there were cases of wiretapping...hired investigators... and the most serious.. willed deceptions. All these happened with all their sons' marriages. Wives couldn't tolerate their obsession over controlling their sons, and left. I am Kel's 3rd wife.
I gave them the utmost respect all these years and turned the other cheek all the time, or redirected myself to God's words.
But last year, having enough melodramas, I prayed about it, and chose to stay home to avoid anymore unnecessary anguish.
Kel truly can't leave this place as long as his father's ill. I know he's torned between them and me, but I will NOT satisfy his mother.
So you all get the idea. Confront this woman, she'll only make your life miserable or take it out on the man you love who stayed around because no one else is helping his father. She fired all the hired help we hired!!!
When I meet Murdock's friends on the street, they always ask me why his wife refused to let anyone visit him! When I suggested calling first before knocking on their door, they said she cuts them off!
Can I say Total Control?
I had at one time capable of giving tongue lashings, but since I've taken His path.... I have been holding back.
Barb, she made it so easy for me not to socialize with her these couple months!! LOL!!!
If you could spare a couple more minutes... I have to bare this experience.
My beautiful sister and her kids came to NC for 6 weeks. MIL during the second week took them all shopping.. pretty upscale department store. Then to dinners at restaurants after that.
Sister thought I was lucky to have a terrific MIL. Kel and I laughed for the 4 years I've been there she never took me shopping nor had a private luncheon, but I was glad she was nice to Zi.
A few weeks later, they were invited to a nice restaurant and MIL knew the owner very well. I was 'reluctantly' invited as Zi told her she'd love for me to be there.
Sistahs... Zi and the kids were introduced to the owner and waitress, but not me. Women has this gift called "intuition" and Zi suddenly realised where I stand in the family.
Then the worst thing she could have told Kel in front of Zi and the kids and a couple of relatives one evening, was that Zi's kids should be Kel's. Equal Places Stabbing? Then she praised Zi for being so slim and beautiful with a French chic.
That pisses off my little sister! She stood up and said that I'm beautiful too, quite a world traveller at one time, and NOTHING can break us apart. As for the kids, its' God's will that she marries Patrick!!
The consequence of this drama is that as long as MIL is alive, Zi will never come down, unless I move more than 100 miles away!!!
Darn, seems like I had popped an emotional boil, huh?
This is good for my soul.
Wow.. typed for more than an hour and the grogginess gone!!!
(((((((((((Marion)))))))))))) God be with you and Sue at this difficult time.
Prayers continue for yours and Cookie's mum.
Jaye, I am so proud of your Sisiter standing up for you! Glad she stood up to the MIL!
Still no word on Ashley and her hubby! When I was talking to my Brother yesterday, he told me that Ashleys parents will not co-operate with the police at all. So in my eyes, they should be held accountable as well!
Thanks Jaye but please, please take care of yourself. Not just for us but for Kel--I am in no way condoning what his mother does but indeed, he has had a huge cross to bear as a result. I love both you guys and do so hope to have you both visit me and Kim at the lake when time permits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You won't have to worry about food now that we are really stricking with our diets and Kel is capable of eating a whole lemon cake by himself.
Love you Jaye. I know that took great courage to let all that out. I'm really proud of you. Do you and Kel get to go out at all together anymore? I know you used to talk about going out shopping on Sat and I haven't heard that for a while. Even getting out for a ride together is good. Norm and I try to do that too.
One of these days I'll tell about my problem with Norm's sister. It's a doozy too...
Marion, as I've promised you, when I think I'm almost thrown off that mental precipice.. I'll do a fast dial to your number :D
Now in fact I too have sis Kathy's and LK's on speed dial!! Nope.. don't have Cookie's new number. But somehow Sistah Judy's had once intervened unknowingly.
Got to be the Lord.
Barb, you're so astute. The much loved Saturday adventures are gone for now. MIL had told him he's NOT to leave the house for more than 2 hours. Going to MB takes 2 hrs. round trip. So no more quilting trips, nor dining out.
We can't avoid being seen leaving the house, as our only road passes the side of her house. She also has security cameras installed everywhere!!
Kel can only attend church's morning services, and I always go by myself for the evening ones. . Plus the once a month interchurch prayer sessions. Mind you my sisters, the Lord makes sure the roads are clear on those nights considering I have very poor eyesight.
She says, he need to stay around in case his father needs him. No Sunday evenings off when in fact Kel gives his father a bath every night!!
When we made that Dallas trip.. we had to lie and told her that the reunion will be at Raleigh, NC. SIstahs who were at BJ's can testify that it was a eat and fly for us!!! Got there on Friday evening, left Sunday morning.
Then when we got back, for 2 weeks she went on a rampage-- all because we had a vacation and it's been 6 years that Kel had taken one.
But Kel said it's worth it, as he's among normal people and meeting great women and his favorite beauty is Maid M!
The other brother moves to Charlotte (about 3 hrs. drive) Chose to marry in Hawai'i intentionally.. didn't invite his parents. He takes 2 yearly vacations with his wife and when she found out all hell broke loose.
But a much stronger totally SIL excommunicate herself from MIL :D If I'm not a Christian, I'd be saying "You go gurl"!!
Kel sums this up one night, what his status is in the family.
Elder brother, the favored one that didn't return the favor.
Middle brother, Lord loved him so much and brought him home early.
Him, a planned birth for they need a slave :((
Kel certainly need prayers too.
Barb, what a catharsis. I feel relieved now that you all know what's going on in my house. Not everything's rosy.
I don't have to hide anymore. I know that you all have wonderful parents and are very considerate to your kids.
Love you too Barb.
This message was edited Jan 5, 2011 5:42 PM
Oh my goodness I had so much to read I've forgotten what to say.
Jaye, kudos SISTAH!! Please get well soon
Hey Cindy! How are the wedding plans going?
Jaye, not everything rosy here either for sure....we all have "family issues" one way or another....if I was smart enough I could write a few books #1 Monster father. # 2 crazy Bi***MIL, if I could word them right, they could be great "story" !!! maybe even "movie of the week" !!! one of my sisters and I always said we could write the greatest soap opera of them all, if we told the story of our lives....
You are not alone sweet sistah....come and talk to us, as we have all come to you !!!! and quite often just "letting it out" makes one feel so very much better, it is not good to hold it all in.......
on that note....please EVERYONE say a prayer for the troops leaving very soon on a plane to foreign lands......thanks...
Saying lots of prayers for the troops! May they all have safe trips, and all return home safe and sound!
Night everyone!
Morning everyone! Hot coffee on the counter!
Supposed to be 75 degrees today!
Ashley showed up in Michigan at her Sisters house at midnight with her husband! Her Sister was so upset that she brought that sex offender to her house, as she has 3 small kids there! Her Sister told Ashley she was more than welcome to stay there, but not her hubby! So they both left and was going to return to Colorado. Well they were speeding and got pulled over, and he got arrested. They told Ashley she could leave, so she is driving by herself back to Colorado now! Not for sure what is going to happen to him, but it sounds like he will be serving quite awhile this time, as he exposed himself in the liquor store, then failed to appear to his court appointment!
She is really lucky they didn't hold her too. Hope she gets some help....
Me too!
wow half of my post disappeared that I wrote up above. Everything is moving right along with the wedding.
I'm here at Doug's using his laptop and it does not work too good so I don't get on it much, besides Doug is always playing his game. LOL I call him my little boy cuz he gets so worked up over that stupid game. But by this time next week I will have mine here and up and running.
We got wonderful news yesterday Doug has been approved to get SSD, plus he will get SSI. We will be going Friday to see a specialist about my hands. Looks like I may be getting artificial joints put in. Still no news on when I will see ear doctors.
Morning!
Thunder are you home, now? Sistah thank you for having a son that's willing to secure our freedom. The soldiers are always in our prayers, and I pray that there'll be no more need for them to go overseas.
You made me laugh when you described your MIL with asterisks!!
LK, the Lord was looking out for them. I hope too that Ashley get some help, and his hold on her will lessen with time.
She's yet to realize what's good for her.
Congrats Doug. So now you can really, really plan for what you both want to do.
Cindy, I've never heard of artificial joints instead of carpel tunnel surgery. All the best of luck to you, sistah.
I've been awakened too many times from Charley Horse in both calves.
I drink lots of tea everyday, and that seems to work to get rid of them until lately. Last night was so severe, that they drove me to tears.
I do take Potassium supplements and eat bananas too. Don't know what else to do to stop the attacks altogether.
Any suggestions?
Found this online, thinking of ordering a bottle... anyone heard about this? http://www.stopslegcramps.com/index.html
Hubby says to me all the time to drink dill pickle juice! He says the football players drink it all the time! Does it work? I don't know! I don't like dill pickles!
Tell Todd to try that for me and transfer the healing!!
Possibility as there's vinegar in it. Hmm might try a tsp of apple cider vinegar instead.
Forget to mention that I'm fixing to go to the drugstore and look for something with quinine.
Did a lot of research... hope to avoid it tonight.
yes I am now home. son is on a plane....
Jaye, a woman at work drinks 2-3 teaspoons of cider vinegar in a cup of warm water 4-5 times a day...she has had knee and hip problems, and pains in her legs...says this has helped tremendously!! newest one I have heard is tart cherry juice, supposed to help you relax...therefore help with body aches, and supposed to help with sleep problems too.
Jaye try some tonic water. It has the quinine in it. Will be tastier than vinegar especially with some lime and a little dollop of gin. :))
Hang in there my dear,
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